New Vacancy: Eastleigh Borough Council - Head of Legal Services and Data Protection Officer

Salary: Band 14 - £63,036 - £69,549 per annum

Find out more here: llg.org.uk/vacancies/east…

New Vacancy: Newark and Sherwood District Council - Lawyer - Contracts and Commercial

Salary: £44,186.00 - £46,418.00

Find out more here: llg.org.uk/vacancies/newa…

New Vacancy: City of York Council- Senior Lawyer - Property

Salary: Grade 11 Level 1 - 4 (£47,760 to £54,463 per annum)

Find out more here: llg.org.uk/vacancies/city…

Welsh Government failing to ensure councils meet duties regarding gypsy and traveller sites, Ombudsman says localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/planning/401-p…

Ofsted to publish school inspection reports – including those giving ‘inadequate’ rating – during purdah localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/education-law/…

New vacancies on the Law Society policy advisory committees!

If you would like to be a part of increasing local government representation, apply by 29 April 2024. Applicants do not have to be solicitors to apply.

Find out more here: llg.org.uk/news/vacancies…

The latest LLG Vlog is available to watch. This week we discuss the SRA's new suite of support for in-house solicitors and the regulation and support of the inhouse sector.

Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=v1OuDL…

The latest edition of the LLG Grapevine is available. We discuss apathy and ignorance around legal ethics, Withholding Councillor Addresses, new Government guidance, Climate Change Action, and Apple and Norfolk.

Listen here: llg.org.uk/news/llg-vlog-…

Lord Morse to leave Oflog this week | Local Government Chronicle (LGC) lgcplus.com/politics/gover…

Courts and tribunals opening times over Easter 2024 - GOV.UK gov.uk/government/new…

Committee on Standards in Public Life launches new review on accountability within public bodies - GOV.UK gov.uk/government/new…

Join LLG and our President Rachel McKoy for the 3 Peaks Public Sector Challenge publicsectorchallenge.co.uk/2024-challenge/

New Vacancy: Manchester City Council - Legal Officer (Children and Families Legal Group)

Salary: £30,825 - £33,945 (bar at £33,024) per annum pro rata

Find out more here: llg.org.uk/vacancies/manc…

email.lawsociety.org.uk/collect/click.…

Electoral Registration - Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5804/cmse…

There is a “clear anxiety” among returning officers over burden of voting reforms ahead of next election, Parliamentary committee warns localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/governance/396…

LLG CEO opening the LLG and Browne Jacobson roundtable on the next steps for the changing role of the monitoring officer with guest speaker from LGIU

Election security for polling stations and counting venues (HTML) - GOV.UK gov.uk/government/pub…

University of Exeter experts find that Horizon scandal case shows justice and the desire to win became misaligned | Law Gazette lawgazette.co.uk/news/clever-ta…

Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statem…