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Local government professional groups publish Code of Practice for statutory officers
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Local government reform to create “empowered frontline local councillors” with clear accountability, minister insists
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Local government reorganisation should be matter for councils and local areas to decide: LGA
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Local government scrutiny is ‘poor Cinderella’ compared to executive function: CfPS
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Local Government Secretary issues guide on statutory intervention and inspection into local authorities
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Local government to have representation on relaunched Net Zero Council
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Local inquiries into Child Sexual Exploitation are merely pins on a map; a national inquiry is needed to string them together
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Local nature recovery strategies
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Local plan examinations
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Local Plan intervention by the Ministry
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Local plan legal challenge shot down by High Court over “hypercritical scrutiny” of planning inspector report
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Local Plans and SEA material
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Local Plans Do's & Don'ts
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Local Plans system fails soundness test
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Local plans: Tips for success
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Local resident agrees adjournment of student housing judicial review challenge in light of change in council administration
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Local residents appeal Charity Commission decision allowing council to sell 120-year-old hall
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Localism Act power does not enable a local authority to provide health services
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