CHILD ABUSE
Questions over grooming inquiries' legal backing
By Martin Ford | 17 January 2025
Concern has been raised over the legal backing for local inquiries into child sexual exploitation.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Special educational needs statutory override is 'abomination'
By Martin Ford | 09 January 2025
Accountancy alone will not be enough to end the ‘abomination’ of statutory overrides for special ...
LEGAL
Deal reached after mayor launched legal case against own council
By Dan Peters | 20 December 2024
Newham LBC has struck a deal with its directly-elected executive mayor Rokhsana Fiaz after reachi...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Call for change after Sara Sharif murder
By Dan Peters | 12 December 2024
Some 485 children in England died or were seriously harmed by abuse or neglect in a year, a repor...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Council U-turn on clawing back chief's pay-out
By Dan Peters | 11 December 2024
Croydon LBC has given up trying to recover cash from the settlement payment made to former chief ...
FINANCE
Windsor and Maidenhead wants 25% council tax increase amid section 114 warning
By Dan Peters | 11 December 2024
Cash-strapped Windsor & Maidenhead BC has warned a section 114 notice is ‘almost inevitable’ if i...
CRIME
Police take 'no further action' against Croydon officers
By Emily Twinch | 05 December 2024
Police have decided to ‘take no further action at this stage' against former Croydon LBC officers...
LEGAL
Mayor launches legal case against own council
By Heather Jameson | 28 November 2024
Newham LBC mayor Rokhsana Fiaz has launched a legal claim against her own council.
LEGAL
APSE questions efficacy of mass litigation by Thurrock
By Paul Marinko | 28 November 2024
The Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE) has questioned whether Thurrock Council’s ‘ma...
LEGAL
Thurrock v APSE: A tale of two sides
By Paul Marinko | 28 November 2024
As Thurrock Council fights to get its finances back in order it has filed a High Court claim agai...
HOUSING
More than 100 councils report not prosecuting rogue landlords
By William Eichler | 22 November 2024
‘Many’ council enforcement teams do not have the resources and capacity to proactively tackle poo...
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