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Council to consider dropping Green Belt sites from local plan after Government announcement on proposed changes to National Planning Policy Framework
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Council to consider plan to delete Director for Governance and Regulatory Services post
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Council to give staff refresher training on charging for adult social care after failure to give woman clear information
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Council to hire legal firm to advise on appointment of housing maintenance contractor
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Council to hire legal services provider on contract to advise on major bypass
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Council to implement action plan addressing backlog of “several hundreds” of medical priority reviews after Ombudsman finds fault in housing priority case
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Council to improve handling of Disabled Facilities Grant applications after Ombudsman investigation found “significant backlog” of cases
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Council to keep late night levy despite consultation responses calling for scheme to be ditched
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Council to launch legal action over location of hyper acute stroke units outside area
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Council to make new Traffic Regulation Order after Ombudsman investigation into refusal of parking permits
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Council to meet this week to reconsider whether to withdraw Local Plan after threat of section 5 report saw decision suspended
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Council to obtain legal advice on fighting decision to allow incinerator
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Council to offer child protection specific training contract
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Council to pay £1,000, build new bat hibernation boxes and improve processes after Ombudsman criticises planning approval
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Council to pay £1,700+ after London man housed in Birmingham forced to give up job
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Council to pay £10k after Ombudsman investigation finds visually impaired woman left without support
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Council to pay £11k to terminally ill woman over handling of housing application
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Council to pay £18k after woman was wrongly charged contribution to care fees when she was entitled to free mental health aftercare
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Council to pay £25,000 following sex discrimination tribunal after bosses ‘deadnamed’ transgender employee
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