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Government shutters Office for Local Government
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Government signals plan to establish £70m Trade Law Panel
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Government spend on law firms "reduced by 10% last year" to £196.4m: research
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Government spent £200m+ on inquiries but their impact is unclear: watchdog
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Government starts procurement of £320m legal panel for services to wider public sector
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Government still off track for meeting environmental obligations, watchdog finds
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Government strategy to fix children’s social care a "positive" first step, but more needs to be done, say councils
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Government targets end of 2029 for completion of remediation of high-rise buildings with unsafe cladding
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Government tasks Law Commission with review of compulsory purchase procedure and land compensation
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Government tells another borough council it will not renew best value notice, but remains concerned about “significant debts”
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Government threatened with legal action over care home guidance requiring residents to self-isolate
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Government threatened with legal challenge over food waste reporting
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Government threatens to shut out from housing market developers that refuse to act on cladding
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Government to abolish committee system in drive to simplify governance for councils in England
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Government to allocate £1.4bn for school rebuilding and £44m to support kinship and foster carers in Autumn Budget
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Government to amend Social Housing Regulation Bill to deliver 'Awaab's Law'
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Government to amend sunsetting provisions of retained EU law legislation amid “risks of legal uncertainty”
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Government to amend time limits and burden of proof when bringing PI claims for child sexual abuse, change law of apologies
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Government to appeal river pollution ruling
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Government to apply £95k exit payment cap to whole public sector at same time
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