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Cornwall passes motion calling for nation status
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Coronavirus Act 2020 receives Royal Assent
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Coroner calls for legally binding targets for particulate matter based on WHO guidelines, urges range of bodies to take action on air quality
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Coroner highlights “Inadequate support” from council social services team in report on boy’s death
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Coroner to issue report to Government after two-year-old boy dies following mould exposure, as housing provider admits to allowing legal disrepair process “to get in the way”
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Corporate Director and Monitoring Officer who came to UK as asylum seeker in 1980s retires after 37 years at city council
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Corporate peer challenge recommends council conduct monthly ‘golden triangle’ meetings
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Cory-Wright and Harwood named new Joint Heads of 39 Essex Chambers
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Cost of investigations into complaints at Handforth Parish Council of Zoom fame reaches more than £85,000
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Cost of living crisis could risk "critical" role of councils in achieving net zero
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Cost of PC fee set to stay the same but compensation fund contributions to rise
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Cost of settling clinical negligence claims “more than tripled” in last two decades: National Audit Office
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Cost of tackling homelessness putting some local authorities under “unsustainable” financial pressure, at risk of s114 notice: National Audit Office
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Costs awarded against council after failed ‘secondary ticketing’ prosecution
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Costs to councils for providing care and support for working age adults could grow to reach £17bn by end of the decade: CCN
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Council "did not have vires to lease part of common to pre-school nursery"
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Council "had power to indemnify" director of public health in legal claim against blogger, external auditors conclude
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Council “acted outside the law” when applying second homes council tax premium, Monitoring Officer finds
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Council “failed to act appropriately” under Equality Act during Anti-Social Behaviour case, finds Ombudsman
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Council “had lawful basis” for accommodating children under s.20 CA: Supreme Court
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