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Council could face legal challenge over its decision to withdraw SenCom support Service

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Commentary: After a flurry of judicial reviews last year over cuts to special educational needs (SEN), it appears councils are still unsure how to proceed safely when withdrawing services in this area. This article relates to a Welsh Council that has received a letter before claim, and suggests that no consultation or engagement took place […]

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NHS Trust temporary closure to remain for next “3-6 months”

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Commentary by Institute Senior Associate, Paul Parsons: This week the new NHS Long Term Plan was launched, detailing the very real challenges it aims to address. As applause from the launch event echoed, and debate raged on social media about the inevitable outcomes of government decisions to cut training bursaries, more stories of the effect

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What’s in a Name? Consultation on re-naming a Leisure Centre

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Commentary: Great ‘Politics of consultation’ story from Northern Ireland! Every town or city has roads or buildings named after the political luminaries of their time. But what happens when boundaries change…and those who might previously have been a popular choice become somewhat less obvious candidates for municipal immortality? Names can be so emotive – especially

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Hoteliers question Council’s ‘tourist tax’ consultation results

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CAPITAL hoteliers have branded claims that a majority of the city’s accommodation providers back a tourist tax “unbelievable”. The city council released the results of a survey, part of its eight-week public consultation on its plans for a tax of two per cent or £2 per room per night, which showed 51 per cent of

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Victory for campaigners? NHS temporary change review bought forward

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The Whalton Unit moved from its home in Morpeth to its interim base at Ashington’s Wansbeck General Hospital in December. A review of the long-term location of a hospital ward, whose temporary move has caused concern in its previous home of Morpeth, will be completed by March, health chiefs have said. The town’s Whalton Unit,

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CCG out of hours service consultation extended

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A PUBLIC consultation which proposes to shut an out of hours nurse practitioner service operating out of the Richardson Hospital, in Barnard Castle, has been extended to enable more residents to express their views. The NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has extended the consultation period into the proposed changes to

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MP’s back Council over claims HS2 document deliberately misled residents on demolitions

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MPs Ed Miliband and Caroline Flint have backed Doncaster Council after they said HS2 had ‘deliberately attempted to underplay the impact’ of demolitions across the borough. MPs Ed Miliband and Caroline Flint have backed Doncaster Council after they said HS2 had ‘deliberately attempted to underplay the impact’ of demolitions across the borough. The council was

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Council U-turn on green belt following 50,000+ written comments

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Ecstatic campaigners are claiming a “victory for people power” after a council U-turn over controversial plans to build thousands of homes on their leafy estate. Leeds City Council in 2016 revealed early proposals for its Site Allocations Plan, a blueprint for development for the next decade, which earmarked locations including green belt sites across Leeds

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Decision postponed after Councillors slam inadequate community consultation

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The decision on the major new Park and Ride scheme proposed for Stourton has been postponed, after councillors on the City Plans panel blasted the Council’s own presentations – and local campaigners have vowed to battle on against the project. The cross-party panel – which decides on whether or not to grant planning permission on

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