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LGA updates guidance for officers and councillors on making planning decisions
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LGA urges councils to review locally set licence fees after Hemming ruling
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LGA urges councils to review locally set licence fees after Hemming ruling
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LGA urges European Commission to legislate "only when absolutely necessary"
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LGA urges extra funding as child protection plans show biggest rise in four years
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LGA urges government not to weigh councils down with debt in housing overhaul
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LGA urges Government to address future of remote and hybrid council meetings
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LGA urges Government to ditch plans for single-word ratings of adult social services
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LGA urges Government to take council concerns into account when developing heat network regulations
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LGA urges long-term funding for trading standards to tackle underage knife sales
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LGA urges Pickles to lift restrictions on general power of competence
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LGA warns councils and housing associations on equalities laws compliance
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LGA warns councils and housing associations on equalities laws compliance
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LGA warns councils and housing associations on equalities laws compliance
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LGA warns Home Office against "micro-managing" locally set licensing fees
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LGA warns new outcomes framework for councils remains “top-down”
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LGA warns of “broken” market amid sharp rise in children’s social care placements costing £10k per week
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LGA warns of national council tax fraud crimewave
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LGA warns on dispute between Home Office and police over taxi driver information
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LGA warns on dispute between Home Office and police over taxi driver information
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