Local Government Ombudsman
You are here: Home : : News and press

What's new

Press enquiries

News and Press

05 February 2010
Reading School criticised over admission appeal for boy with hearing disability
The Ombudsman finds that Reading School should offer a place to a boy with a hearing problem after his appeal was mishandled.


21 January 2010
Failure to deal properly with a homeless pregnant woman
Hammersmith and Fulham Council failed to consider taking a homelessness application from a pregnant woman when she left her accommodation.


21 January 2010
Ombudsmen recommend £95,000 in compensation after seven years of ineffectiveness by three public bodies
The combined failings of three public bodies allowed illegal waste activities to go unchecked over a seven-year period with devastating effect.


15 January 2010
New Ombudsman appointed
Dr Jane Martin has been appointed as Local Government Ombudsman. She took up her post in the Coventry office on 11 January 2010.


27 November 2009
Ombudsman criticises Slough Grammar School’s refusal to remedy injustice
The Ombudsman is not satisfied with the response of Slough Grammar School to a report he issued earlier this year criticising its mishandling of school admission appeals.