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Government issues general election guidance for civil servants
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Government issues guidance for councils on Accelerating Reform Fund supporting innovation in adult social care
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Government issues guidance for councils on new powers of investigation under Renters’ Rights Act
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Government issues guidance for councils on use of new powers to impose local shutdowns in response to COVID-19 outbreaks
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Government issues guidance for local authorities on Brexit preparations
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Government issues guidance for local authorities on Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018
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Government issues guidance for staff on discharging people at risk of homelessness
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Government issues guidance for Whitehall on applying Funding Simplification Doctrine to funding local authorities
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Government issues guidance on adult social care intervention in local authorities in England
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Government issues guidance on COVID-19 secure marshals, stresses the role has no enforcement powers
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Government issues guidance on establishment and governance of ‘Town Boards’
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Government issues guidance on Housing Possession Mediation Service
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Government issues guidance on how local authorities can use Care Act ‘easements’
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Government issues guidance on how to disapply social rent controls
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Government issues guidance on managing expiry of PFI contracts effectively
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Government issues guidance on three new notices local authorities can issue against premises breaching COVID-secure rules
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