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Council drops asylum seeker airfield judicial review after concluding it is academic
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Council drops judicial review threat over levelling up funding
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Council drops motion on pension investment following “strong legal advice” from monitoring officer
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Council drops plan to demote monitoring officer after CIPFA review
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Council earmarks £13m as dispute over waste plant rumbles on
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Council efforts to plug gaps in legal support for kinship carers "inconsistent" amid funding challenges: report
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Council erred in law when drawing up pathway plan by taking account provision to claimant of NASS accommodation: High Court
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