Convention rights The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) came into force in October 2000 and aims to give effect to the rights contained in the European Convention on Human...
This Practice Note explains the powers available to deal with anti-social behaviour in an environmental context, in particular those introduced by the Anti-social...
Local authority external audits in England are unique in the way they operate. They are more legalistic than the audits of companies and they extend beyond...
The Auditor General for Wales is responsible for the audit of the accounts of local government bodies in Wales as part of their overall responsibilities for public...
Capital finance differs from revenue finance as revenue expenditure has to be met from current income whereas capital expenditure can be met by borrowing or capital...
Chairing meetings If the chairman of a local authority meeting (also referred to as the mayor or maer in a city or borough council where there is no directly elected...
Any consultation exercise carried out by a public authority in relation to a proposed decision must be conducted at a time when proposals are at a sufficiently formative...
Councillors require a great deal of information in order to exercise proper management of the local authority (LA). It is sometimes difficult to know what information...
What is Council tax and what is its purpose? The council tax was introduced as the primary source of collecting income from local residents by local authorities in...
Council tax was introduced as the primary source of collecting income from local residents by local authorities in England on 1 April 1993. The legislation also covers...
ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note provides information on the data protection regime before 25 May 2018 and reflects the position under the Data Protection Act 1998...
Introduction The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) imposes a duty on all public authorities in the UK to act compatibly with Convention rights. Where this duty is...
Discussion of employment issues in local government fall into three areas: • normal employment law issues, such as those concerning discrimination, fair or unfair...
The fluency duty With effect from 21 November 2016 there is a statutory requirement for workers in customer-facing roles in public authorities to be fluent in the English...
ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note provides information on the data protection regime before 25 May 2018 and reflects the position under the Data Protection Act 1998...
The freedom of information regime in the UK came fully into force in 2005, and is governed by the following key pieces of legislation: • Freedom of Information Act 2000...