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County council agrees exit deal with £10m+ payment after Carillion collapse
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County council agrees to pay more than £12,000 over missed education
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County council agrees to review resourcing of SEN services following Ombudsman investigation
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County council defeats judicial review challenge over closure of 19 out of 35 children’s centres
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County council defeats legal challenge to conversion of school to academy
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County council fined £200k over disturbance of asbestos at primary school
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County council granted fresh injunction over 11+ exam information
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County council hit by legal challenge to children’s centres closure plans
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County council hits out at latest judicial review challenge to permission for new secondary school
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County council proposes £5k ‘fine’ per excluded pupil for schools
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County council secures spot on £272m wider public sector framework
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County council threatened with legal action in bid to have trans inclusion toolkit removed
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County council to back pay £8k in personal budget payments for child after Ombudsman finds "numerous and serious failings"
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County council to pay more than £13k for EHC plan failures
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County council to pay more than £8k for multiple SEND failings
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County council to procure £25m legal services framework
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County councils call for “immediate clarity” on how Government plans to manage multi-billion-pound SEND deficits
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County defeats High Court challenge by parish over siting of new primary school near air force base
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County defeats High Court challenge by parish over siting of new primary school near air force base
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