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More must be done to ensure unpaid carers are “proactively identified” and informed of right to carers’ needs assessment: Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
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More needs to be done to ensure remote hearings are fair and work smoothly, say family professionals
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More police and crime commissioners take on responsibility for fire and rescue
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More than £1 billion committed to reforming adult social care system has been diverted to other care priorities, NAO report finds
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More than 1,300 applications made to National Deprivation of Liberty Court over course of one-year pilot
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More than 100 organisations call on Government to work with adult social care sector to “mitigate the pressures” on councils, providers and charities
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More than 200 registered providers and councils sign up to clearing service designed to unblock delivery of s106 affordable homes
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More than 200 residents of London Borough to have their rejected applications for Freedom Passes reviewed following Ombudsman investigation
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More than 350 applications to deprive children of their liberty made in first three months of new national court
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More than 40 Conservative MPs call on Government to increase local government funding
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More than 50% of local authorities do not have family reunification policy or strategy, research finds
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More than 80% of councils on course to overspend adult social care budgets: ADASS Autumn Survey
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More than 90% of local authorities “frequently” struggle to find homes for children with complex needs: Ofsted
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More than a quarter of lawyers use generative AI on monthly basis, study shows
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More than a third of children placed in Scottish secure placements are from England and Wales, study indicates
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More than a third of councils at risk of financial failure in next 10 years: report
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More than a third of EU citizens report feeling “discriminated against” by public bodies since Brexit, watchdog finds
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More than half of candidates pass first SQE assessment
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More than half of councils that support children with SEND warn of potential insolvency if “statutory override” runs out
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More than half of reviews of serious child safeguarding cases concerned children who had suffered neglect before incident, independent panel reveals
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