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Number of complaints upheld by Ombudsman after investigation on the rise
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Number of deprivation of liberty orders for children and young people triples in two years: BBC report
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Number of judicial review challenges lodged against councils continued downward trend in 2020: Ministry of Justice
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Number of looked after children 4.5% higher than in 2020, with 83,630 children in care of councils
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Number of public law children cases edged up slightly in 2017: MoJ
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Number of referrals by councils of potential child victims of modern slavery jumps by 800% in just five years
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Number of remedies required by Housing Ombudsman rises 329% in single year
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NW councils to appoint two barristers chambers to £2.7m childcare advocacy deal
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NW housing association to set up first legal services panel worth up to £2m
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NW social landlord appoints Trowers to provide regulatory compliance and governance services
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NW social landlord to procure £13m+ legal services framework
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Ocado bids to take dispute over revocation of certificate of lawful use by council to Court of Appeal
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Office for Environmental Protection insists planned nutrient neutrality changes are “regression in law”
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Office for Place to be scrapped
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Office for Students successfully defends first judicial review action
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Office of the Public Guardian revises guidance on Court of Protection visitors
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Officers at combined authority issue section 5 “unlawful expenditure” report over plan to put image of mayor on side of bus
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Officers criticised for not considering whether to carry out data protection impact assessment before monitoring social media posts of SEN campaigners
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Officers jointly issue section 114 report over “unlawful” pension fund payments
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