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Council agrees apology, payout after Ombudsman investigation into how complainant was prevented from spending quality time with relative in his final days
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Council agrees care package for disabled girl while mother recovers from childbirth
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Council agrees out of court settlement over abuse at children’s home
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Council agrees settlement for girl assaulted at primary school
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Council agrees to address its lack of suitable school transport for children with Special Needs
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Council agrees to end defence of legal proceedings over traffic regulation order
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Council agrees to improve voting accessibility for blind voters after settling legal challenge
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Council agrees to independent investigation into novel £72m pension deal
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Council agrees to name residential school in Education, Health and Care Plan following issuing of legal proceedings
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Council agrees to pay £19k in housing benefit after unlawful termination
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Council agrees to pay £3,600+ over failure to secure significant part of SEN support for autistic boy
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Council agrees to pay £4m damages and costs to publican on rare abuse of process grounds after 20-year legal fight
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Council agrees to pay £50,000 in damages after unlawfully issuing care proceedings in relation to disabled child
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Council agrees to pay complainant £10k after Ombudsman investigation into refusal of Small Business Grant
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Council agrees to pay more than £14,000 after leaving mother in accommodation that hospitalised daughter
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Council agrees to pay more than £5k for SEN failures following investigation by Ombudsman
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Council agrees to pay nearly £7,000 after care cost calculations criticised by Ombudsman
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Council agrees to pay out £60k after Ombudsman report into failure to support autistic woman
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Council agrees to quash permission for quarry project: report
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Council agrees to quashing of lawful development certificate for Dad’s Army railway station building
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