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Growing apart?
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Councillors grant retrospective planning permission over potential costs of appeal
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Councillors in Buckinghamshire defeat High Court challenge to their election
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Councillors issue apology over SEND comments as local authority launches investigation
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Councillors issue pre-action protocol letter over mosque lease
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Councillors secure permission to appeal court order that forced them to adopt local plan
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Councillors seek government help to repair fractured member-officer relationships after senior member was jailed
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Councillors vote against livestreaming public meetings pending consultation with residents and “further investigation into cost”
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Councillors vote to reconsider strip club ban in bid to avoid judicial review amid “catastrophic” financial situation
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Councillors warn they lack powers to represent local community properly
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Councillors warned of contempt risk ahead of meeting on adoption of local development plan
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Councillors, police and community leaders agree independent review into Leicester unrest
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Councils “all too often” failing in duties to prevent homelessness, says Ombudsman
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Councils “forced to compete” for spaces in children’s residential homes, with many children in homes that don’t meet their needs: NAO report
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Councils “letting down tenants” who complain of category one hazards in privately rented homes: BBC report
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Councils “threatening to take children of undocumented parents into care”: claim
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Councils accuse Mayor of London of “staggering level of contempt” as ULEZ cameras installed before challenge heard in court
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Councils accused of “wasting” £60m in a year on tribunal battles over support for children with special educational needs
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Councils adopt mitigation measures to overcome problems with nitrate pollution and development
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Councils and central government failing to secure safe housing in private rented sector, spending watchdog finds
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