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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 re-evaluate bids for 0-19 public health services after High Court defeat
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Council to redraft public spaces protection order after judicial review threat over foul language prohibition
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Council to refer to police failure by former cabinet member to register disclosable pecuniary interest correctly
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Council to refund Godalming resident following review of Community Infrastructure Levy case
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Council to refund more than £350,000 after thousands of motorists incorrectly issued with parking penalties
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Council to reimburse school transport costs following Ombudsman investigation
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Council to remove all cumulative impact policies in August but may reinstate one for city centre
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Council to require all buildings to be removed from biomass plant
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Council to review alternative education policy in light of Ombudsman report
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Council to review cases after judge criticises failure on duty of candour
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Council to review decision on admission of summer-born child after criticism from LGO
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Council to review decision-making process and reimburse mother after boy left without suitable education for second time
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Council to review guidance on assessment of Blue Badge applications after Ombudsman investigation finds flaws
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Council to review use of approval panels for packages of adult social care after Ombudsman finds “undue emphasis” put on cost and funding arrangements
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