Tower Hamlets case highlights toothless standards regime

By Mark Hynes | 10 April 2014

Tower Hamlets expose highlights toothless standards regime, writes outgoing LLG president.

Lawyers concerned over Pickles' radical overhaul

By Mark Hynes | 19 February 2014

In most councils it will be the most senior solicitor who holds the statutory position of monitor...

Localism lives!

By Mark Hynes | 12 December 2013

Popular use of the Localism Act to protect community assets shows the legislation is alive and ki...