A member who was found to have breached Devon County Council’s code of conduct after complaining about an LGBTQIA+ event has launched a judicial review challenge over the decision. The dispute centres ...

The Cabinet Office is establishing a dedicated central Insourcing Unit to support a manifesto commitment to deliver “the biggest wave of insourcing in a generation”, First Secretary of State Louise ...

The Ethics and Integrity Commission (EIC) has urged the Government to accelerate local government standards reform in its first annual letter to the Prime Minister reporting on the health of standards ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 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 ...

In Born into Care: 1 in every 118 infants in England at risk of care proceedings in 2024/25, they said the rate at which infants are involved in care proceedings was substantially higher than in ...