Legal

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2014

Birmingham City Council’s strategic director for people has hailed a ‘groundbreaking’ case that l...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Tower Hamlets cautions Pickles over intervention

By Dan Peters | 18 November 2014

Communities secretary Eric Pickles is facing calls to scale back the proposed powers of the commi...

FINANCE

Lawyers lead the way

By Michael Burton | 18 November 2014

An innovative local authority legal practice is providing a successful support service for other ...

FINANCE

Are you ready for the challenge?

By Emily Strange | 18 November 2014

Councils should prepare and protect themselves ahead of biggest change to procurement rules in a ...

WHITEHALL

Tower Hamlets loses legal battle

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 November 2014

A High Court judge has thrown out a second attempt by Tower Hamlets LBC to fight government moves...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Tower Hamlets' intervention challenge

By Dan Peters | 13 November 2014

Talk of reinstating the post of chief executive at Tower Hamlets LBC has returned to the agenda a...

BUSINESS

Opposition defeated over plan to bring legal team back in house

By Dan Peters | 12 November 2014

Opposition calls for Barnet LBC’s legal department to be brought back in-house after a report cri...

Legal heads' association president steps down after tribunal ruling

By Michael Burton | 06 November 2014

Essex CC’s Philip Thomson has stepped down as president of the council legal heads’ association p...

LEGAL

Pickles set for battle over Tower Hamlets

By Dan Peters | 04 November 2014

Under-fire Tower Hamlets LBC will fight communities secretary Eric Pickles' plans to intervene in...

WHITEHALL

Fierce reaction to staff salaries plan

By Jonathan Werran | 04 November 2014

Government proposals to claw back the salaries of senior council staff who find work within the s...

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