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31 March 2009 Ombudsman criticises Council over disabled homeless applicant The London Borough of Redbridge failed to take sufficient account of a man’s hearing disability when dealing with his homelessness application.
31 March 2009 Ombudsman criticises Council over rehousing of woman who fled domestic violence Medway Council mishandled the housing application of a woman who had fled domestic violence in another borough.
26 March 2009 Important issues for parents unhappy with school admission arrangements in North Yorkshire Alert for parents with children transferring to secondary school in 2010 to the importance of inspecting the arrangements and deciding whether to object to the Schools Adjudicator.
24 March 2009 Faults in the way planning permission was granted for psychiatric facility Bradford City Council did not properly address residents' concerns about safety and security when granting permission for a psychiatric facility.
24 March 2009 Ombudsmen call for review of care for people with learning disabilities In a report laid before Parliament on 23 March 2009 Ann Abraham, Health Service Ombudsman and Jerry White, Local Government Ombudsman, called for an urgent review of health and social care for people with learning disabilities.
19 March 2009 Very serious faults in admission procedures of Guru Nanak Sikh Secondary School The Governors and Appeal Panel of the School did not handle admission applications or appeals in accordance with binding statutory codes.
18 March 2009 Ombudsman criticises King David School’s inadequate response to report King David Primary School, Liverpool, failed to respond adequately to a critical report on a school admission appeal complaint.
18 March 2009 East Devon Council criticised over caravan site The Council's mishandling of an application to regularise existing use of a caravan site led to more caravans being authorised on the site than before.
12 March 2009 Ombudsman criticises Exeter Council over bankruptcy of woman with mental health problems Exeter City Council made a woman bankrupt for unpaid council tax without making proper enquiries into her health problems.
06 March 2009 Significant faults in admission appeals by Hayes School, Bromley Serious faults in the way the School handled the complainants' admission appeal called the decision into question.
04 March 2009 Knock-on effect of mistakes in school admissions process A mistake in West Sussex County Council’s school admissions process had a knock-on effect that initially denied a child a primary school place.