Education providers have welcomed Ofsted's new approach to school inspections, but workload and wellbeing remain a concern for some staff, independent research suggests. Last year, the education ...

The latest family court statistics have shown a 13% decrease in deprivation of liberty (DoL) applications and orders made under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

In its response to its consultation on improving enforcement of council tax, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said councils would be required to issue at least one ...

Kettering, Corby and Wellingborough councils have all passed motions in support of Zane's Law – with some having written to the Government and North Northamptonshire Council urg ...

CPH’s remaining claim for damages under the Human Rights Act 1998 and Equality Act 2010 was transferred to the County Court. Redbridge has now agreed to a £20,000 settlement.

The Government has updated its statutory guidance on kinship care to reflect new requirements for local authorities, including a duty to consult on and publish a kinship local offer.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the Government to make sector-led improvement support an alternative to appointing commissioners to councils at risk of failing to meet the Best ...

The claimant wished to build 33 homes at Oddfellows Street, in Cleckheaton, but the inspector's conclusion had been that there was no prospect within a reasonable period of ensuring that an access ...

The Scottish Government, councils and NHS Boards are failing to meet their "most basic obligations" regarding food, health and housing in the South of Scotland, a human rights watchdog has warned.

The Government is to bring forward amendments to the Social Housing Bill that will hand councils new powers to refer homeless households to private registered providers of social housing. The Ministry ...

The High Court has rejected a claim brought by a former US film maker against Rochdale Council over control of a grade II* listed stately home. Hopwood Hall in Middleton, Greater Manchester, is owned ...

The Court of Protection has concluded that a 16-year-old boy is not being deprived of his liberty in the latest ruling in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the AGNI case earlier this year ...