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Council to appoint two law firms to cover “unusually large volume” of childcare cases
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Council to ask committee to establish “who knew what, when” over unlawful spending after s.114 notice issued
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Council to ask DEFRA for permission to seek legal action in landfill odour dispute
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Council to carry out internal review of potential land sale to financier in eye of lobbying storm
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Council to conduct unmet demand survey after court overturns refusal of 13 taxi licences
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Council to consider adopting legal protections for rare chalk streams
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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 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 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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