How putting LGR on a solid legal footing has presented ‘real financial challenges’ for councils

Local government reorganisation (LGR) decisions were likely withdrawn anywhere a judicial review challenge had been launched, a legal expert has told Room151, with the government’s pause and review driven by the need to put the process on a sound legal footing.

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Laura Hughes, partner and head of public law at law firm Browne Jacobson, said this can be assumed given the government waited until after

How putting LGR on a solid legal footing has presented ‘real financial challenges’ for councils

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