Yseult Marique is Professor of Law at Essex Law School. Eugenio Vaccari is Associate Professor of Law at Royal Holloway University of London.

• Foreword - Stephen Bailey1. Mapping Powers, Resources, Accountability, and Social Justice – Eugenio Vaccari and Yseult MariquePart I: The Constitutional and Financial Foundations of Local Governance2. Local Government Finance: Constitutional Foundation and Central-Local Relations – John Stanton3. Human Rights Local: A Contribution to Make Human Rights Locally Relevant – Koldo CaslaPart II : Local Powers in Practice: Housing, Education, Social Care and Policing4. Local Taxation – Stuart MacLennan5. Social Housing – Rebecca Amor6. Extracting Accountability from Local Authorities in Delivering Essential Learning Provision to Children With SEND: The Challenges, Responsibilities, and Delivery – Mohammad Sabuj7. Adult Social Care – Karl Mason8. Police – Matt ClementPart III: Accountability, Audit, and Governance Failures9. Rethinking Local Government Accountability: Towards a Pluralistic Approach – Bernard Kofi Dom, André Feliciano Lino, and Ileana Steccolini10. Fraud in Social Housing – Andrew Lane11. Local Standards and Financial Distress – Eugenio VaccariPart IV: Perspectives from the Devolved Nations12. Social Justice in Scottish Local Government – Tom Mullen13. From the Troubles to Transformation: Local Government and Social Justice in Northern Ireland – Duncan Morrow and Gavan Rafferty

‘This book brings together an outstanding group of experts to examine financial and legal issues in local government. Despite the obvious importance of local government services in everyday life, there is relatively little scholarly analysis of the challenges affecting local authorities, faced with an ever-changing political climate and worsening financial pressures. A particular strength of the book is that the contributors are able to combine detailed legal analysis, for example, of local authorities’ statutory obligations, with a rich understanding of the practical and financial constraints within which they must be fulfilled. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in law and policy relating to local government from both practical and constitutional perspectives.' Anne Davies, University of Oxford

Yseult Marique is Professor of Law at Essex Law School. Eugenio Vaccari is Associate Professor of Law at Royal Holloway University of London.

• Foreword - Stephen Bailey1. Mapping Powers, Resources, Accountability, and Social Justice – Eugenio Vaccari and Yseult MariquePart I: The Constitutional and Financial Foundations of Local Governance2. Local Government Finance: Constitutional Foundation and Central-Local Relations – John Stanton3. Human Rights Local: A Contribution to Make Human Rights Locally Relevant – Koldo CaslaPart II : Local Powers in Practice: Housing, Education, Social Care and Policing4. Local Taxation – Stuart MacLennan5. Social Housing – Rebecca Amor6. Extracting Accountability from Local Authorities in Delivering Essential Learning Provision to Children With SEND: The Challenges, Responsibilities, and Delivery – Mohammad Sabuj7. Adult Social Care – Karl Mason8. Police – Matt ClementPart III: Accountability, Audit, and Governance Failures9. Rethinking Local Government Accountability: Towards a Pluralistic Approach – Bernard Kofi Dom, André Feliciano Lino, and Ileana Steccolini10. Fraud in Social Housing – Andrew Lane11. Local Standards and Financial Distress – Eugenio VaccariPart IV: Perspectives from the Devolved Nations12. Social Justice in Scottish Local Government – Tom Mullen13. From the Troubles to Transformation: Local Government and Social Justice in Northern Ireland – Duncan Morrow and Gavan Rafferty

‘This book brings together an outstanding group of experts to examine financial and legal issues in local government. Despite the obvious importance of local government services in everyday life, there is relatively little scholarly analysis of the challenges affecting local authorities, faced with an ever-changing political climate and worsening financial pressures. A particular strength of the book is that the contributors are able to combine detailed legal analysis, for example, of local authorities’ statutory obligations, with a rich understanding of the practical and financial constraints within which they must be fulfilled. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in law and policy relating to local government from both practical and constitutional perspectives.' Anne Davies, University of Oxford

Yseult Marique is Professor of Law at Essex Law School. Eugenio Vaccari is Associate Professor of Law at Royal Holloway University of London.

• Foreword - Stephen Bailey1. Mapping Powers, Resources, Accountability, and Social Justice – Eugenio Vaccari and Yseult MariquePart I: The Constitutional and Financial Foundations of Local Governance2. Local Government Finance: Constitutional Foundation and Central-Local Relations – John Stanton3. Human Rights Local: A Contribution to Make Human Rights Locally Relevant – Koldo CaslaPart II : Local Powers in Practice: Housing, Education, Social Care and Policing4. Local Taxation – Stuart MacLennan5. Social Housing – Rebecca Amor6. Extracting Accountability from Local Authorities in Delivering Essential Learning Provision to Children With SEND: The Challenges, Responsibilities, and Delivery – Mohammad Sabuj7. Adult Social Care – Karl Mason8. Police – Matt ClementPart III: Accountability, Audit, and Governance Failures9. Rethinking Local Government Accountability: Towards a Pluralistic Approach – Bernard Kofi Dom, André Feliciano Lino, and Ileana Steccolini10. Fraud in Social Housing – Andrew Lane11. Local Standards and Financial Distress – Eugenio VaccariPart IV: Perspectives from the Devolved Nations12. Social Justice in Scottish Local Government – Tom Mullen13. From the Troubles to Transformation: Local Government and Social Justice in Northern Ireland – Duncan Morrow and Gavan Rafferty

‘This book brings together an outstanding group of experts to examine financial and legal issues in local government. Despite the obvious importance of local government services in everyday life, there is relatively little scholarly analysis of the challenges affecting local authorities, faced with an ever-changing political climate and worsening financial pressures. A particular strength of the book is that the contributors are able to combine detailed legal analysis, for example, of local authorities’ statutory obligations, with a rich understanding of the practical and financial constraints within which they must be fulfilled. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in law and policy relating to local government from both practical and constitutional perspectives.' Anne Davies, University of Oxford