Norfolk County Council has kickstarted the procurement of a £48m national framework agreement for the provision of pension legal services primarily in support of the Local Government Pension Scheme ...

Environmental regulator Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has reported itself to the Information Commissioner's Office after a data breach saw personal details of staff made public. NRW said those ...

A judge has adjourned Birmingham City Council’s application for an injunction against people who have flown unauthorised flags beside roads. The BBC has reported that Judge Emma Kelly was “troubled” ...

Southampton City Council has claimed that tens of thousands of adult social care files were not missing but had been “incorrectly catalogued”, after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said the ...

Judicial review applications surged in the second quarter of 2026 with 1,300 received, a 42% increase on the same period in 2025. Ministry of Justice figures show local authorities had the largest ...

Welcoming Lord Briggs’ appointment, Lord Reed of Allermuir, said: "I am very pleased that Lord Briggs has been appointed to be the next President of the Supreme Court. He is a judge of the highest ...

Researchers have identified a surge in AI generated requests and claims hitting public bodies across Europe and beyond including FOI requests, planning objections and compensation claims and warned ...

Southampton City Council acted unlawfully by failing for six months to implement an order of the First-tier Tribunal (FtT) concerning a young person’s education, health and care plan, the High Court ...

The Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government has called for evidence as part of its review of statutory guidance on social housing allocations in England.

The City Solicitor at Manchester City Council – described by her chief executive as “a titan of local government” – is to step down in May next year. Fiona Ledden qualified as a solicitor in 1985 and ...

The Government has this month made a U-turn on Health Bill proposals to remove mandated council representation from integrated care boards (ICBs).

A campaign group aiming to stop the construction of a new intensive poultry unit (IPU) given approval in Lincolnshire has claimed that West Lindsey District Council has agreed to overturn its decision ...