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Birmingham settles historic equal pay claims

Birmingham settles historic equal pay claims

Birmingham City Council, UNISON and GMB have agreed to settle the outstanding equal pay claims brought by the two unions on behalf of members working for the local authority and Birmingham Children's Trust.

October 14, 2025

Birmingham settles historic equal pay claims

Consultation on Liberty Protection Safeguards to be launched by Government next year

October 20, 2025

Fire services should be statutory consultees for major developments: council

October 20, 2025

City council to pursue controversial boundary review under reorganisation proposal

October 17, 2025

Cost of settling clinical negligence claims “more than tripled” in last two decades: National Audit Office

Oct 17, 2025

“Systemic problems” in developer contribution system and council staffing, MPs warn

Oct 17, 2025

Exceptional Financial Support deals risk becoming "normalised", LGA says

Oct 17, 2025

Winckworth Sherwood hires social housing finance specialist Whitty

Oct 16, 2025

Supreme Court to rule next week on ‘appropriate assessment’ and subsequent approvals

Oct 16, 2025

Association of School and College Leaders resolves to “explore legal action” over new inspection regime

Oct 16, 2025

Legal professions hit out at “dangerous” language used by politicians about lawyers and judges

Oct 16, 2025

Charity warns of “double disadvantage” for children with SEND from poorer families

Oct 16, 2025

Campaigners threaten judicial review over decision to expand Gatwick Airport

Oct 16, 2025

Council secures £88k confiscation order against landlords who sub-divided property into flats without permission

Oct 16, 2025

LGA urges Government to give councils greater voice in devolution plans

Oct 16, 2025

Law Society updates guidance on greetings to avoid gender-specific terms in legal correspondence

Oct 16, 2025

Select committee writes to Housing and Planning Minister about “unfair” charging of homeowners with Community Infrastructure Levy

Oct 16, 2025

Government departments issue guidance on information sharing between police and taxi licensing authorities

Oct 15, 2025

Legal Services Board calls for regulators to provide clear information in wake of Mazur judgment

Oct 15, 2025

Government call for Supreme Court to overturn Cheshire West ruling on deprivations of liberty prompts furious response from charities

Oct 15, 2025

University appoints six firms to legal services framework

Oct 15, 2025

North West council faces equal pay claims which could amount to “tens of millions”, union warns

Oct 15, 2025

London Councils estimates £740m temporary accommodation shortfall across capital

Oct 15, 2025

Defendant ordered to pay £90,000 in compensation over unlawful subletting of housing association property

Oct 15, 2025

New watchdog takes over from Committee on Standards in Public Life to oversee ethical standards across public sector

Oct 14, 2025

Ofsted issues revised policy for prioritising children’s homes registration applications in face of “unprecedented” demand

Oct 14, 2025

Blake Morgan advises London boroughs on transition to leisure agency model

Oct 14, 2025

Birmingham settles historic equal pay claims

Oct 14, 2025

Amendments to Planning and Infrastructure Bill would see ministers able to issue ‘holding directions’ to stop councils refusing planning permission whilst they consider using ‘call-in’ powers

Oct 14, 2025

Homes England to hold preliminary market engagement over £60m legal services framework

Oct 13, 2025

Ombudsman urges council to take action to tackle high numbers of people waiting for MCA assessments and DoLS applications

Oct 13, 2025

Councillors at Welsh local authority drop judicial review over mosque plans

Oct 13, 2025

Government consults on restoring access for councillors to LGPS and extending scheme to mayors

Oct 13, 2025

Local government reorganisation could hit vulnerable people with “triple whammy” of worse services, higher costs for care, and not enough staff, county councils claim

Oct 13, 2025

Council forced to rerun entire parish council election after administrative error

Oct 13, 2025

Councils secure four-year extension to oil protests injunction

Oct 13, 2025

North Wales solicitor becomes 181st president of the Law Society

Oct 10, 2025

Council told to pay more than £10k for SEN failings following investigation by Ombudsman

Oct 10, 2025

LLG unveils new chair of LLG Board

Oct 10, 2025

Section 117 aftercare policy of council and integrated care board “flawed”, finds Ombudsman

Oct 10, 2025

Council threatened with legal action over temporary congestion charge scheme

Oct 10, 2025

Minister calls on planning inspectors to show flexibility over local plans submitted for examination

Oct 10, 2025

Government launches fast-track review to change “outdated” licensing rules

Oct 10, 2025

TfL appoints 19 firms to £120m legal services panel

Oct 09, 2025

Features

Challenges for a local authority prosecutor

Challenges for a local authority prosecutor

October 17, 2025

Emma Hall provides some tips for local authority prosecutors on how to limit the costs incurred in prosecuting a case.

Who can show up?

Who can show up?

October 17, 2025

Andrew Burrell and Francis Hoar set out the key considerations for determining the composition of local government committees.

Placement at home under a care order

Placement at home under a care order

October 17, 2025

The Court of Appeal recently had another opportunity to look at care orders where children are to remain at home; a less common outcome following the earlier decision in Re JW (Child at home under care order) [2023] EWCA Civ 944. It was dealing with a change of plan imposed by the first instance judge at short notice at the final hearing. Graeme Bentley highlights the key points from Re A (Care…

May I introduce you to proportionality: Balancing rights and responsibilities in law

May I introduce you to proportionality: Balancing rights and responsibilities in law

Oct 17, 2025

The Welsh Language and the Court of Protection

The Welsh Language and the Court of Protection

Oct 17, 2025

Anticipating the reasonableness of responses – time-specific capacity in action

Anticipating the reasonableness of responses – time-specific capacity in action

Oct 17, 2025

ASB Case Reviews: updated statutory guidance

ASB Case Reviews: updated statutory guidance

Oct 17, 2025

The meaning of ‘vexatious’ / ‘manifestly unreasonable’

The meaning of ‘vexatious’ / ‘manifestly unreasonable’

Oct 17, 2025

Martyn's Law marks a new chapter in school safety

Oct 17, 2025

Deprivations of liberty and young offenders

Oct 17, 2025

Litigation as stewardship: How UK pension funds including LGPS are shaping corporate accountability

Oct 10, 2025

Revisiting Cheshire West

Oct 10, 2025

Wardship and Inherent Jurisdiction: Decisions involving competent 17-year-olds

Oct 10, 2025

Public children law case update – Autumn 2025

Oct 10, 2025

Post-placement contact under the Adoption and Children Act 2002

Oct 10, 2025

Six months in, six key differences: How the Procurement Act measures up to the Green Paper

Oct 10, 2025

Compulsory purchase compensation reforms: the next stage

Oct 09, 2025

Climate legal risk and property: what local authorities need to know

Oct 09, 2025

The £5bn Pride in Place programme – what does it mean for local authorities?

Oct 09, 2025

How not to control second homes

Oct 09, 2025

Twelve New Towns for the Future

Oct 09, 2025

Authority to participate in legal proceedings and rights of audience

Oct 06, 2025

Artificial intelligence in Education and EHC Plans

Oct 03, 2025

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The Planning and Infrastructure Bill – what’s in, what’s out and will it work?

Join Landmark’s barristers for an initial review of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill and what it might mean for planning in practice.

Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation: the planning perspective

Procurement Act 2023 webinar: Key Update

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Inquiry Law webinar series — Session 3: Challenging (& Challenge Proofing) Inquiries

Inquiry Law webinar series - Session 2: Issues of Evidence

NHS Legal Framework Webinar Series - Masterclass on NHS Continuing Care for Adults and Children

More Features

Just what is it about today’s planning system that makes appealing so … appealing?

Just what is it about today’s planning system that makes appealing so … appealing?

October 03, 2025

Simon Ricketts looks at the lessons from two recent recovered planning appeals, one of which saw a full award of costs against the council.

High Court on highway widths

High Court on highway widths

October 03, 2025

Charles Streeten analyses the High Court’s rejection of a challenge to confirmation of a definitive map modification order.

Risk assessment – a safeguard to fairness

Risk assessment – a safeguard to fairness

October 03, 2025

William Green examines the risk assessment criteria set out by the Court of Appeal for child welfare cases and how local authorities can address them.

Appealing the outcome of a fact-finding hearing in care proceedings

Appealing the outcome of a fact-finding hearing in care proceedings

Oct 03, 2025

Parental obstruction of care

Parental obstruction of care

Oct 03, 2025

School exclusions – CCTV and police investigations?

School exclusions – CCTV and police investigations?

Oct 03, 2025

Transparency in the Court of Protection

Transparency in the Court of Protection

Oct 03, 2025

Break Stuff – The decision in On Tower UK Ltd v British Telecommunications plc [2025] and the impact in respect of break rights in Code Agreements

Break Stuff – The decision in On Tower UK Ltd v British Telecommunications plc [2025] and the impact in respect of break rights in Code Agreements

Oct 02, 2025

Tackling youth ASB in social housing

Oct 02, 2025

Understanding part-heard hearings in civil litigation

Oct 02, 2025

How AI could rewrite homelessness law

Oct 02, 2025

Social and affordable housing as a driver of economic growth

Sep 30, 2025

Suitability of accommodation offered in performance of the prevention duty

Sep 30, 2025

Key updates to the Administrative Court Guide

Sep 30, 2025

A gem of a case on section 106 mortgagee exclusion clauses?

Sep 26, 2025

Why are so many schools and colleges suspending pupils?

Sep 26, 2025

PFI expiry and handback

Sep 26, 2025

Payment requirements under the Procurement Act 2023

Sep 26, 2025

Civil protective orders and gangs

Sep 26, 2025

"Build baby build" – How MHCLG will change now Steve Reed is Secretary of State

Sep 25, 2025

Dual-hatted members and local government reorganisation

Sep 25, 2025

Hillsborough Law: What local authorities need to know

Sep 25, 2025

School admissions: A guide to parental rights

Sep 24, 2025

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