Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) were established to replace the nine regional development agencies responsible for promoting local economic development. From 1 April 2024 LEP functions have been transferred back to local authority responsibility.

Local authorities are under increasing pressure to deliver the net zero targets set out in the Climate Change Act 2008 which requires the UK by 2050 to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

As part of the Social Housing Regulation Act 2023 the government proposed two new consumer standards.

In this insight we summarise some key takeaways from the NPPF update and what this means for housing development.

This insight focuses on the changes that will be brought about by Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023 in respect of amending the time periods contained in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for councils to enforce breaches of planning control.

On the 12 October 2023, Homes England updated the shared ownership model leases, making a shift on the rent calculation from previous reviews based on Retail Price Index (RPI) to Consumer Price Index (CPI) .

The main purpose for establishing CAs is to improve the delivery of public services and other public functions across the area concerned.

With higher proportions of those under the age of 35 self-reporting as trans, it is vital to ensure that local government organisations, as both employers and as service providers, take account of trans rights as well as competing gender critical views.

Welcome to the Local Government Forward View where we take a look at what’s on the local government agenda in bite size chunks. It has been put together with the proficiency of our various experts.

Local authority procurement teams will have been watching with interest the progress of the Procurement Bill.

Most local government industrial action has now ended following the reaching of a pay deal with teachers, however, not without a significant impact on education providers over the course of the last few months.

The existing environmental assessment regimes, which include both environmental impact assessment (EIA) for projects, and strategic environmental assessment (SEA) for plans, have been developed over more than 30 years.