Welcome to this series of bite-sized webinars on local government reorganisation from Birketts.
In them, Claire Jones, Legal Director in the Public Sector Team at Birketts, will interview a series of partners and senior lawyers across the firm. She’ll ask how the forthcoming unitarisation of local government will affect councils currently working within a two-tier system.
You can see an introduction to the series here.
Featured topics include:
LGR and employment matters
LGR and governance to follow
LGR and real property to follow
LGR and planning law to follow
The legal framework for unitarisation isn’t new and the process used to achieve LGR was established under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.
We will be looking at that legislation, associated regulations and what we know about Government’s proposed approach. We will share that with you over the coming weeks.
Most of the questions our clients ask us in relation to LGR relate to what they can be doing to prepare, what the next steps might be and what we can tell them about councils that have been through the process.
Our aim is to answer as many of these questions as possible over the coming series and so please do get in touch and let us know if there are specific questions you would like us to answer.
