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Council forced to go down judicial review route after planning permissions issued in error during software testing
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Council forced to rerun entire parish council election after administrative error
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Council forced to retake key decision over administrative error
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Council found at fault for failing to offer alternative educational provision when looked after child moved in with new family
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Council found in breach of Home Standard with one in five fire inspections overdue and 1,500+ homes going without electrical safety inspection for 10 years
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Council found to have breached Equality Act 2010 after claimant accountants subject to “unwanted conduct of a sexual nature” by fellow employee
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Council funding gap of £3.5bn is set to rise to more than £7bn by 2025, union research suggests
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Council gets default ruling set aside in £6m mesothelioma case despite "inexcusable" delay
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Council given permission to plead ‘novus actus’ defence of clinical negligence in uncovered manhole personal injury claim
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Council gives chair power over flag-flying after dispute between leader and chief executive
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Council gives green light to UK's first Community Municipal Investment
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Council granted leave to make application for change in forename of child, subject to outcome of care order application
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Council had backlog of nearly 1,500 support plans to review for children with SEND, Ombudsman finds
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Council halts direct care payments policy pending review after judicial review threat
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Council halts plans to cut adult day and respite services following pre-action letter
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Council hides public comments from planning portal over GDPR concerns
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Council highlights “urgent” need for action on financial sustainability of SEND system, warning it will be “forced into making cuts”
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Council hints at appeal bid following High Court refusal of asylum hotel injunction
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Council hints at possible section 114 notice as it wrestles with “mountain of unsustainable debt”
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Council hires barrister to conduct review of assessment process for Education, Health and Care plans
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