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City council settles claim alleging "discriminatory" pavement licensing policy
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City council showing “steady progress” but still has work to do on member–officer relations, commissioners warn
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City council shuts loss-making energy company, agrees action plan to address governance failings
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City council stops using Care Act ‘easements’
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City council struggling with “significant” governance weaknesses: external auditors
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City council successfully defends adult social care charging policy at Court of Appeal
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City council that has not upheld a single complaint in six years to review complaints procedure
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City council threatened with legal action over permission for 55-storey tower accommodating students
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City council threatened with legal action over plans to extend HMO licensing scheme
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City council threatened with legal challenge over permission for 2,400 homes on former Green Belt land
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City council to apologise to courts by end of month over misleading documents
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City council to appoint provider to multi-million pound legal services contract advising on restructuring of major PFI agreement
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City council to bring legal challenge after planning inspector grants permission for 289-dwelling scheme
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City council to change complaints process following Ombudsman report into respite care
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City council to ditch ‘Leader and Cabinet’ model for committee system
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City council to explore all available avenues including legal amid concern that Home Office asylum claims plan will lead to rise in rough sleeping
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City council to hold soft market testing exercise for potential new case management system
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City council to move to committee system in 2022 after governance referendum
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