This is a revised and updated account of local government law which explores the ramifications of recent changes and gives an explanation of the powers and duties of local authorities in their many fields of operation. The text considers such legislation as the Local Government Finance Act 1988, the Local Government Acts 1986 and 1988, the Education Reform Act 1988, the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, the Children Act 1989, the Water Act 1989, the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Food Safety Act 1990.