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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 challenge decision to allow appeal over 121-home development
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Council to challenge grant of planning permission for 350-home scheme
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Council to close housing firm and bring company back under council control
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Council to consider plan to delete Director for Governance and Regulatory Services post
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Council to consider scrapping Director of Legal and Governance post to make £150k saving
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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 implement action plan addressing backlog of “several hundreds” of medical priority reviews after Ombudsman finds fault in housing priority case
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