Increasing Business Rates Retention as part of fiscal devolution – From April 2027, mayors will receive a share of business rates income in exchange for Investment Funds, Mayoral Capacity Funding and ...

West Northamptonshire Council has appointed Sarah Hall, its Corporate Director of Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer, as its new Executive Director for Resources. The local authority said this ...

A High Court judge has declined to make a costs order against the Free Speech Union (FSU), the intervenor in a case won by the University of Sussex, finding that the FSU's approach was at all stages ...

The London Borough of Haringey has been told it must make “fundamental changes” after the authority was handed a C4 consumer grade – the lowest possible – by the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH).

Ashford Borough Council has paused proposals for the creation of Ashford Town Council, in light of the Government’s review of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). The borough council decided in July ...

The High Court has ruled that information withheld from a child’s parents in Forced Marriage Protection Order (FMPO) proceedings should also be withheld for a short period from the parents in the ...

Salford City Council has secured a fresh hearing after winning an appeal over a decision by the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) not to confirm a financial penalty imposed on the director of a company that ...

Southwark Council has appointed Justin Morley as its new Director of Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer. Morley, who has more than 20 years of experience in local government, joins from Ealing ...

Lawyers at Irwin Mitchell have sent a formal pre-action letter to the council on behalf of four affected young people and campaign group ‘Measure what Matters’. The group warn ...

Paul Henty, Head of Public Procurement at Beale & Co, sets out three things from the 2026 Administrative Court Guide that should change how council legal teams work. Every autumn the Administrative ...