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Council to amend guidance on EHCP eligibility after Ombudsman investigation into missed education for boy
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Council to apologise, pay £2.4k after teenager with anxiety missed 14 months of schooling
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Council to appeal High Court dismissal of asylum airfield judicial review
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Council to appeal High Court ruling that stroke unit reconfiguration was lawful
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Council to appeal Upper Tribunal decision in dispute over military service and Education, Health and Care Plans
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