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LLG seeks candidates for Deputy Vice President as well as board director and national lead roles
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LLG sets out six categories open for nominations in 2023 Awards
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LLG Southern Branch names 22 providers to £6m legal services framework
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LLG to create professional body for all monitoring officers by end of 2025, support members affected by reorganisation, says incoming President
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LLG unveils categories open for nominations for 2022 Awards
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LLG unveils new chair of LLG Board
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LLG urges members to vote in contested elections
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LLG warns on erosion of rule of law, attacks inclusion of ‘pension strain’ in calculation of exit payment cap
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LLG, ADSO and Bevan Brittan issue guidance for local authorities on remote meetings following High Court judgment
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LLG, ADSO and NALC issue guidance on new regulations on virtual meetings
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LLG, CIPFA and SOLACE to work together on response to LGA draft model code of conduct, call for monitoring officers to be legally qualified
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Local areas “failing to address” safeguarding needs of Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage children and should review approaches to tackling racial bias: report
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Local authorities “routinely failing” in legal duties to homeless children: Coram
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Local authorities and health bodies handed new permitted development right to deal with COVID-19 emergency
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Local authorities being left without adequate support to procure AI in public interest, research finds
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Local authorities breaching SEND regulations frequently with mediation shortcomings, MPs told
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Local authorities call for power to remove councilors who move long distance away
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Local authorities cannot authorise deprivations of liberty of children in care, Court of Appeal rules
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Local authorities detect 22% more council tax fraud cases in last year, CIPFA research finds
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Local authorities facing large annual shortfalls due to cost of SEN provision exceeding funding provided by government: IFS
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