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.

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 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 ...

Kensington and Chelsea Council has been told it must improve its IT systems and cyber security training after a cyber attack last year disrupted several services and led to data theft. The cyber ...

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 ...

East Herts Council has urged the Government to legislate for stronger planning enforcement and police powers in relation to intentional unauthorised development, including giving councils' improved ...

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 Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has officially changed its name to the Public Service Ombudsman after research suggested that its old name was “confusing for people”. The new name took ...

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 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 ...

Lincolnshire County Council has launched a legal challenge over the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero’s approval of Beacon Fen Energy Park. The scheme is a proposed 700+ hectare ...

The Law Society of England and Wales has called for clear accountability for agentic AI in justice, amid concerns that “AI is moving faster than the rules needed to govern it”. In a report, The Future ...