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In this issue: Local government finance Governance Social housing Education Children's social care Adult social care Public procurement Planning Healthcare Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Local government finance MHCLG confirms £78bn final local government finance settlement with fairer funding reforms The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has announced a £78bn Final Local Government Finance Settlement, alongside a £440m Recovery Grant boost to support the councils facing the greatest pressures, addressing deprivation and enhancing local services. The package offers multi-year certainty and features measures including writing off 90% of historic SEND deficits, a £272m increase for homelessness services, and £39.6m in mayoral capacity funding to protect people at risk of homelessness and improve local outcomes. Using an evidence-led approach, drawing on the latest indices of multiple deprivation, MHCLG says the reforms will direct a fair share to communities most affected by past reductions. See: LNB News 10/02/2026...

In this issue: Social housing Planning Healthcare Children's social care Public procurement Education Governance Social care Environmental law and climate change Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Social housing Housing—judicial review correct route to challenge section 189A plans (R (AA) v Waltham Forest LBC) In R (AA) v Waltham Forest LBC, the council’s contention that sections 202 and 204 of the Housing Act 1996 offered an adequate alternative remedy to contest a housing needs assessment and personal housing plan under section 189A was rejected by the Administrative Court as “essentially unarguable”. The 1996 Act clearly delineates which determinations are subject to statutory review and appeal, and section 189A is not among them. Although this paves the way for additional judicial reviews of section 189A plans, the court underlined that it was not throwing the doors wide open; weak claims will still be screened out at the permission stage. Authored...

This Practice Note examines the obligations on a local authority towards children in their care, encompassing those subject to care orders, interim care orders, as well as children accommodated voluntarily by the authority pursuant to section 20 of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989). It explains the local authority’s duty to safeguard and promote a child’s welfare and to make such services available for children as are reasonable, particularly in relation to placing the child in suitable accommodation and preparing a care plan. Please note, the information in this Practice Note concerns the law as it currently stands in England. The position in Wales is addressed by the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the related statutory instruments. For further reading on Wales, see Practice Notes: Local authority powers and duties to provide accommodation for children in Wales, Local authority duties to looked after children in Wales, and Local authority duties to children in Wales—child protection. This Practice Note has been developed to assist practitioners in navigating local...