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National Audit Office sets out updated framework for reviewing major projects and programmes
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National Audit Office to investigate local government governance and accountability
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National Audit Office warns on delays to completion of 2019/20 audits of local bodies
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National Awareness Campaign launched to help public and local authorities prepare for new primate licensing requirements
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National Data Guardian stresses need to be “straight with people” on data processing after seeing attempts to bypass safeguards
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National database of rogue landlords goes live
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National Deprivation of Liberty Court handling applications covering children to be launched next month
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National evaluation hails positive impact of Troubled Families Programme
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National Grid pauses pylon removals in national park over “emerging complexities” surrounding EU habitats regulations
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National Grid unveils plans for “more innovative” legal services tender
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National Highways secures one-year extension to injunction against protesters blocking roads
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National Housing Federation calls for long-term plan to fix “broken housing system”
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National Housing Federation report highlights scale of overcrowding in social housing
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