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Members at Welsh council “frequently undermine” professional officers by requesting second opinions from external legal providers, watchdog finds in governance report
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Members of parish council seek judicial review over allocation of 2,000 homes in local plan
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Memorial fund honouring Suki Binjal to be set up to help young aspiring lawyers overcome social barriers
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Mental health charity LawCare sees calls about bullying, harassment double
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Mental wellbeing charity sees 24% increase in number of legal professionals seeking support
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Merger of districts set to be called off amid “irreconcilable” differences, issues over due diligence of council-owned company
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Merseytravel to appoint single firm as advisors on rail matters under £750k contract
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Met Police agree to scrap ‘Form 696’ risk assessment for venues
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Met Police agrees to delete information after referral of primary school age child under Prevent programme
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Met Police agrees to overhaul controversial Gangs Violence Matrix following legal challenge
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Met Police agrees to review role of police in schools following legal action
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Met Police asks for £300k in s106 contributions to mitigate policing impact of 1,600-home development
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Met Police hit with legal challenge over governance of safer schools officers
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Met Police ordered to pay foster carers compensation over disclosure of address in family court case
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Met Police to be able to apply for knife crime prevention orders from next month
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Met Police use of facial recognition technology must comply with human rights law, warns EHRC
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Metropolitan borough hit with best value notice
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Metropolitan Police names five firms to national framework for legal services to police forces
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MHCLG civil servants start industrial action over return to office mandate
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Michael King to step down as Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman next month
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