1/31/2025 3:11:47 PM Judicial review highlights duty to consider true cost of care By Liam Fitzgerald In the Judicial Review R (SARCP) v Stoke-on-Trent City Council [2025] EWHC 18 (Admin), the Administrative Court ruled that Stoke-on-Trent...
1/13/2025 11:00:14 AM Healthy homes, ingredients and ovens: Opportunities for councils to collaborate By Mark Cook Oven-ready or ready ovens? There’s a lot of energy and creativity devoted towards the Government’s commitment to accelerate housing...
7/19/2024 2:22:56 PM The King's speech and the Government’s planning agenda By Max Howarth The King delivered his speech in the House of Lords on Wednesday setting out the Government’s agenda for the next parliament. At the...
6/3/2024 8:54:15 AM Local authority companies – Governance health-check By Matt Marsh Preparing for the annual governance statement is a good time for local authorities to undertake a governance health-check of their...
2/7/2024 12:11:52 PM Technology in the public sector: guidance on using AI safely and securely By Emma Watt On 18 January 2024, the Cabinet Office and Central Digital and Data Office jointly published the Generative AI Framework for HM...
12/4/2023 11:35:38 AM Multiple Contract Working By Sarah Harnett 'Multiple Contract Working' is a term used where individuals secretly hold two jobs simultaneously, both scheduled during the same hours....
12/4/2023 10:48:42 AM Heat networks – who has the controls? By Richard Brooks Developments in heat network regulation and financing are creating greaterflexibility for local authorities or housing associations to...
6/26/2023 9:59:25 AM Exercising the shareholder function in local authority companies By Matt Marsh Fundamentally, a local authority’s role as the shareholder of its company is to safeguard the public money the local authority has in it...
10/26/2022 8:17:21 AM 2022 - The year of the u-turn? CSPL asks levelling up secretary to reconsider council powers to tackle member bad behaviour By Matt Marsh Following what seems like weeks of government u-turns, the committee on standards in public life (CSPL) has urged the Government to make...
8/4/2022 11:07:28 AM Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in social housing: New guidance By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Catherine Henry Further to our previous blogs on the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022, the Government has now issued guidance...
6/10/2021 3:57:02 PM HQN gas safety masterclass By Anthony Collins I was honoured to be asked to once again provide the legal update at another HQN gas safety masterclass conference on Wednesday morning. ...
12/11/2020 3:12:44 PM PPN 10/20...a little bit more clarity on public procurement after the transition and no clarity on State aid By Alex Lawrence The Government has published a further Procurement Policy Note (PPN 10/20) on public procurement after the transition. The PPN itself...