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19 August 2010
Mishandling of disabled man’s application to renew parking permit
Failures by the London Borough of Redbridge meant that an elderly disabled man lost the use of his disabled parking permit for 23 weeks.


18 August 2010
Gloucestershire Council criticised over education for boy with special needs
Gloucestershire County Council failed to provide adequate education to a boy with special educational needs while he was out of school.


05 August 2010
Planning application in area of outstanding natural beauty mishandled
There were multiple errors in the way South Oxfordshire District Council considered an application for a replacement property in an area of outstanding natural beauty.


27 July 2010
LGOs focus on local accountability in Annual Report
The Local Government Ombudsmen’s combined role in service improvement and remedying injustice for individuals provides a valuable contribution to local accountability, says their Annual Report 2009/10.


19 July 2010
Ombudsmen publish end of year reviews of councils in England
The performance of councils in England on complaints investigated by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) in 2009/10 is set out in individual ‘annual reviews’, published today (19 July 2010).