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Local Government weekly highlights—6 February 2020

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Published on: 06 February 2020

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This week's edition of Local Government weekly highlights includes the latest Brexit news, updates, and guidance for local authority practitioners together with a discussion of the new post-Brexit Environment Bill; case report and analysis on recent public procurement decisions Informatikgesellschaft für Software-Entwicklung mbH v Stadt Köln and Tim SpA - Direzione e coordinamento Vivendi SA v Consip SpA; analysis of the decision in Al Ahmend v Mayor and Burgesses of Tower Hamlets on the position of the High Court to intervene in lower judgments; case report on A Local Authority v NK on anticipatory deprivation of liberty orders; analysis of R(TP and others) v SoS for Work and Pensions on the discriminatory nature of Universal Credit regulations; analysis of the decision in Sykes v SCLG on temporary planning permission for gypsy site. It also includes this week’s judicial review, children’s social care, public sector contracts, environment, and healthcare updates.

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