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Government backtracks on public sector exit cap
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Government consults on revised MCA Code of Practice and guidance on Liberty Protection Safeguards
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Government gives green light to May 2021 local elections
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Government in call for evidence on dispute resolution ahead of civil, family and administrative justice reform
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Government issues first set of guidance documents to aid understanding of Procurement Act 2023
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Government issues guidance on establishment and governance of ‘Town Boards’
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Government issues guidance on Housing Possession Mediation Service
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Government issues updated guidance on Prevent Duty
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Government launches consultation on use class for short-term holiday lets
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Government promises "planning liberalisation" policy in Mini-Budget
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Government to bring “feudal” leasehold to an end, reinvigorate use of commonhold
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Government to delay implementation of Liberty Protection Safeguards “beyond life of this Parliament”
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Government to ditch ‘Supplementary Vote’ system for mayoral and PCC elections in favour of ‘First Past the Post’
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Government to give police forces £66m for nationwide rollout of “hotspot” patrols tackling anti-social behaviour
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Government to protect commercial tenants from eviction if they miss rent payments over coronavirus outbreak
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Government to pursue giving all Police and Crime Commissioners wider functional power of competence
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Growing apart?
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Guidance on explaining family court decisions to children published by Welsh Government
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Guide issued on Additional Learning Needs law in Wales
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Hard Law and Soft Law - in the context of local government
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