WELCOME to Local Councils Update - the Clerk’s Essential Legal Library

Local Councils Update deals concisely with the legal, parliamentary, consultation papers, financial and accounting matters, powers and remit, health and safety, expenses, salaries, liabilities, planning, borrowing, and other legislative matters that are within the remit of the Town, Parish and Community Councils of England and Wales.

It has been published as a hard copy since 1999 and ALL past editions are available here in the online library. It offers a unique searchable service for local councils across England and Wales and is updated monthly.

A subscription allows full use of the search facility. This means that detailed answers and background information on issues raised and affecting individual councils can be immediately and accurately researched and printed off at any time.

Key words entered for each search are highlighted within the retrieved text in red. Subscribers may print off unlimited copies for their meetings, keeping councillors up-to-date on constantly changing legal matters.

A full subscription of only £100 pa includes full access to this site for 365 days, permission to print search results from this site for use in meetings, and a monthly hard copy, posted to you.

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