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County council to back pay £8k in personal budget payments for child after Ombudsman finds "numerous and serious failings"
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County council to consider ditching bid to join combined authority
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County council to exit gas supply contract with Gazprom
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County council to investigate £500k payments made to social media freelancer
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County council to pay more than £13k for EHC plan failures
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County council to pay more than £8k for multiple SEND failings
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County council to procure £25m legal services framework
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County council to reconsider assessment of Disability Related Expenses, following Ombudsman investigation
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County council to take action after governance failures at development subsidiary
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County council wins High Court appeal over deregistration of common land
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County council wins Supreme Court battle over mineral extraction in Green Belt and “openness”
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County council withdraws post-16 transport policy after judicial review threat
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County councils call for “immediate clarity” on how Government plans to manage multi-billion-pound SEND deficits
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County councils call for fast-tracking of devolution deals and devolved powers to support adult education
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County councils call for swift abolition of Local Enterprise Partnerships
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County councils call on Government to speed up devolution
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County councils demand urgent reform to services to stave off funding crisis
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County Councils Network “remains concerned” about financial implications of local government reorganisation if it only creates small unitaries
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County councils raise concern for infrastructure funding under plans to replace section 106
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County councils warn planning changes will see developer “free for all”, call for five-year housing supply policy to be scrapped
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