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Councils should be allowed to ‘opt-in’ to license shisha bars, says LGA
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Councils should do more to handle threat of poor social cohesion, independent review says
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Councils should have more legal flexibility when considering applications for local gambling premises, say councils and Police and Crime Commissioners
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Councils should respond to all recommendations made during independent complaints investigations, says Ombudsman
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Councils struggling financially to meet people’s “higher-level” needs: ADASS
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Councils threaten legal action over Norfolk devolution plans
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Councils to be able to apply to establish new town development corporations
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Councils to be able to double council tax on homes left empty for 2+ years
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Councils to be allowed to develop own policies on remote attendance
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Councils to be given greater flexibility in reforms to use of Right to Buy receipts
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Councils to be handed new planning powers in changes to Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
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Councils to be required to report on deals with housing developers
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Councils to be under new legal duty to provide support to victims as Domestic Abuse Bill receives Royal Assent
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Councils to face “lengthier and more costly” local plans under proposed NPPF changes, district council argues
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Councils to have 10-year window for bringing planning enforcement action from this week
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Councils to have new legal duty to notify schools, health visitors and GPs when child placed in temporary accommodation
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Councils to have power to award subsidies under new state aid plans
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Councils to have statutory duty to deliver support in secure accommodation for survivors of domestic abuse
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Councils to seek permission to appeal from Supreme Court after judges allow appeal by claimants over strike out of ‘failure to remove’ claims
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Councils to take legal advice after permission refused for judicial review of way unitary is being set up
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