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Posted 9 years ago4 minute read

Heathrow decision condemned as ‘dishonest’, ‘incompetent’ and ‘deeply flawed’ as councils launch legal challenge

The leaders of Richmond and Wandsworth councils have called the plans to expand Heathrow Airport as ‘dishonest’, ‘incompetent’ and ‘deeply...

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Posted 9 years ago3 minute read

Consultation flaws in a School amalgamation case – important lessons for phased projects

Earlier this summer Denbighshire County Council faced a legal challenge on its plan to merge two schools in the Ruthin...

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Posted 9 years ago2 minute read

Supercouncil consultation: Councils ’95 per cent confident’ that sample of 384 responses will reflect residents’ views

Final figures reveal only 16,000 people responded to the county’s super council consultation. Dorset’s nine local authorities, which are proposing...

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Posted 9 years ago3 minute read

Calls for transparency as ‘secret’ plan for NHS shake-up revealed in leaked document

Secret plans to radically change NHS services across Oxfordshire have been revealed in full for the first time in a...

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Posted 9 years ago5 minute read

Council admits consultation on visitor centre “could have been handled better”

Designs for a Fife attraction’s new visitor centre could be ripped up just days before work was due to begin....

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Posted 9 years ago2 minute read

Street protests could halt hospital closures – NHS boss

Hospital closures planned to shore up NHS finances could be derailed if enough people take to the streets in protest,...

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