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LGO raps council over handling of homeless teenager from outside area
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LGO raps council over handling of homeless teenager from outside area
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LGO raps council over restrictions on care at expense of direct payments
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LGO raps county council over lack of clarity on new school transport policy
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LGO raps Kirklees MBC over serious planning flaws in Victorian schoolroom demolition
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LGO raps Kirklees MBC over serious planning flaws in Victorian schoolroom demolition
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LGO raps Lambeth over "very poor service" in housing disrepair cases
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LGO slams “continual failure” of council to support boy with learning difficulties
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LGO slams council for "inexcusable" destruction of statutory planning records
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LGO slams council for "inexcusable" destruction of statutory planning records
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LGO slams council for failure to consider disability discrimination duties in housing case
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LGO slams councils for "incompetence and neglect" in cattle barn planning case
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LGO takes rare step of issuing public report – even though no injustice found
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LGO takes rare step of issuing public report – even though no injustice found
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