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Council wins High Court battle over viability and amount of affordable housing
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Council wins rare appeal to Upper Tribunal over Right to Buy exemption
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Council wins row over providing ‘maximum reasonable amount of affordable housing’
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Council wins Supreme Court appeal in landmark Japanese knotweed case
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Council wins Upper Tribunal appeal over ‘reasonable excuse’ for failure to license house in multiple occupation
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Council wins Upper Tribunal appeal over cancellation of selective licensing penalties for "reasonable excuse"
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Council wins Upper Tribunal appeal over whether property was house in multiple occupation
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Council wins Upper Tribunal battle over service charge and replacement central heating
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Council wins Upper Tribunal battle with property company over membership of redress scheme
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Councillor from neighbouring authority fails in bid to obtain legal advice on planning application after Tribunal upholds privilege
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Councillor wins £30k damages after BBC misidentified her as politician accused of housing fraud
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Councils “all too often” failing in duties to prevent homelessness, says Ombudsman
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Councils “letting down tenants” who complain of category one hazards in privately rented homes: BBC report
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Councils “threatening to take children of undocumented parents into care”: claim
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Councils adopt mitigation measures to overcome problems with nitrate pollution and development
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Councils and central government failing to secure safe housing in private rented sector, spending watchdog finds
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Councils and housing associations "face multi-million pound refunds to tenants" after water re-selling test case in High Court
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