Legal

By Clare Hardy | 14 April 2020

Clare Hardy highlights the range of existing obligations in relation to children and social care ...

BUSINESS

Council chief resigns amid allowance probe

By Dan Peters | 14 April 2020

Surrey Heath BC’s chief executive has announced her resignation from the council amid an independ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Experts seek clarification on virtual meetings regulations

By Ann McGauran | 06 April 2020

Councils should give five working days’ notice for virtual meetings or use normal urgency procedu...

Keeping tenants and leaseholders safe – the immediate challenge

By Rebecca Rees | 02 April 2020

The challenge of the new building safety regime will be best met by involving all council departm...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Changes to governance structures are needed in a time of pandemic

By Helen McGrath | 31 March 2020

Decision making is a pressing concern facing local government lawyers due to the evolving pandemi...

LEGAL

Lawyers warn Deprivation of Liberty safeguards will be 'paralysed' by pandemic

By Ann McGauran | 31 March 2020

COVID-19 will ‘paralyse’ the system of Deprivation of Liberty safeguards (DoLS), says the organis...

BUSINESS

Union and council end dispute amid coronavirus crisis

By Paul Marinko | 24 March 2020

Trade union Unite has said its dispute with Veolia over holiday pay for refuse staff working at T...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Jenrick urges councils not to delay on coronavirus spending

By Dan Peters | 17 March 2020

Local government secretary Robert Jenrick this week urged council leaders not to put off decision...

WHITEHALL

Experts' warning over McCloud

By Dan Peters | 09 March 2020

Implementing and communicating changes that address age discrimination in the local government pe...

FINANCE

NHS trusts lodge business rates appeal

By Dan Peters | 25 February 2020

NHS trusts have applied for permission to appeal a High Court ruling that said they were not elig...

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