Local Government weekly highlights—27 November 2025
This week's edition of Local Government weekly highlights includes: enhanced coverage featuring expert commentary of the 2025 Budget with key announcements for local government practitioners and the Supreme Court judgment in R (Jwanczuk) v SSWP, allowing the Secretary of State's appeal in an Article 14 challenge to BSP contribution condition. It includes case analyses of R (National Association of Head Teachers and Barbara Middleton) v Ofsted on a judicial review challenge to the legality of the 2025 Ofsted inspection framework; the Court of Appeal case of R (SAG) v Governing Body of Winchmore School challenging the permanent exclusion of a pupil for entering a teacher's hotel room without permission to retrieve their confiscated phone; R (on the application of Master Zo) (a child by his litigation friend, AK of the Refugee Council) v Hounslow London Borough Council on an application for judicial review concerning a putative child; and R (Wildfish) v Buckinghamshire Council; R (Jane Wood) v Buckinghamshire Council concerning a judicial review of Buckinghamshire housing approval. It also includes a case report on the Court of Appeal case of Cifci v Sutton LBC in relation to intentional homelessness, among others. It includes further coverage on Pensions, Education, Social housing, Children’s social care, Public procurement, Governance, Local government finance, Planning, Social care, Healthcare and Licensing.