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Council did not appear to conduct competitive procurement exercises for £500k social media payments, director of legal says
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Council did not do enough to help social housing tenant enduring homophobic abuse, Ombudsman says
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Council did not do enough to protect young child from harm, Ombudsman finds
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Council did not have reasonable system in place to respond to police requests for accommodation for detained juveniles: Court of Appeal
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Council did not properly consider whether it needed to provide alternative education for young boy, Ombudsman finds
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Council did not speak with father about safeguarding referral, then created safety plan which was “one-sided” and contained assumptions about his ability to parent, Ombudsman finds
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Council directly discriminated against couple with Sikh Indian heritage in provision of adoption services, judge rules
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Council discloses information on staff and councillors in FOI data breach
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Council dismay over award of reported £83k costs after planning row settled
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Council dispute over responsibility for EHC plan delayed implementation, Ombudsman finds
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Council does U-turn on implementing recommendation of Ombudsman on remedy in homelessness case where pregnant woman had to sofa surf
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Council drops asylum seeker airfield judicial review after concluding it is academic
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Council drops judicial review threat over levelling up funding
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Council drops motion on pension investment following “strong legal advice” from monitoring officer
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Council drops plan to demote monitoring officer after CIPFA review
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Council earmarks £13m as dispute over waste plant rumbles on
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Council efforts to plug gaps in legal support for kinship carers "inconsistent" amid funding challenges: report
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Council ends bid to stop father speaking about care of autistic daughter: report
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Council ends legal fight over permission for 133-home retirement village
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Council ends PFI deal, takes legal action over tower block cladding
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