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Council to pay more than £7k after failing to provide "proper education" for boy with SEN
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Council to pay nearly £13k after delayed disability adaptations forced resident to install his own
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Council to pay nearly £30,000 after wheelchair user left in unsuitable home for eight years
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Council to pay union £647k over alleged failure to inform and consult before transfer of learning disability services
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Council to press ahead with “planning and legal steps” over asylum accommodation hotels despite Court of Appeal ruling in Epping Forest case
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Council to proceed with selective licensing scheme after High Court rejects judicial review bid
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Council to procure £100k legal advice for local enterprise partnership
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Council to procure £4m barristers’ services framework
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Council to pursue appeal after High Court rejects legal challenge over plans to use ex-RAF bases to house asylum seekers
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Council to pursue compulsory purchase order over airport closure after Administrative Court rebuff
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Council to pursue legal action against builder of housing block it is evacuating
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Council to pursue legal options over extended bin strike action
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Council to refer to police failure by former cabinet member to register disclosable pecuniary interest correctly
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