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You will have seen that the Cabinet Office announced a delay to the commencement of the Procurement Act (the Act) – the date is now set...

Whilst lengthy and packed with new proposals, there are still huge gaps in the detail and practical application. More consultation and...

The law is (almost) always changing. Whether that is a new case reinterpreting a long-standing doctrine or the government of the day...

On 1 March 2024, the Department of Levelling Up Housing and Communities wrote to chief planning officers in Homes England and all CEOs of...

Full council has set the budget for 2024/25 after six months of hard work so now what? The decision to agree the budget is an...

In exercising its shareholder or member function in respect of a subsidiary company a local authority will be assessing the performance...

Twenty-five years after an agreement between local authorities and trade unions to tackle equal pay, and fifteen years after the deadline...

As the Government considers the consultation on the latest revision of the statutory Best Value guidance, a look back through the history...

A new Court of Appeal case (Birmingham City Council v Drew Bravington) has decided that local authority landlords can validly serve a...

Exciting times for State aid/subsidies lawyers! Very much looking forward to reading this with a coffee when it's published (no, I'm not...