The High Court has agreed to hear a claim that Braintree District Council approved the expansion of a poultry farm without sufficient environmental and animal-welfare scrutiny.

In a letter to the authority’s leader, Cllr Paul Follows, McMahon said the supplementary legislation required could not be introduced until Parliament had approved the Surrey reorganisation order, ...

The call came as part of a response to the Government's consultation on new mayoral planning powers that would see the introduction of a duty to produce a spatial development stra ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 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 ...