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Policies and Legal<\/h1>\n

Parish Councils work within a plethora of legislation including such as the Local Government Act 1972. Successive Governments have introduced many mechanisms in order to encourage consistency and the adoption of good practice. We have a number of reports that are publicly available.<\/p>\n

Please click on the link below to view:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Edmondsley Parish Council (\u2018the Council\u2019) has adopted this Code of Conduct<\/p>\n

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This Code is issued to meet the Government\u2019s desire to place more power into citizens\u2019 hands to increase democratic…<\/p>\n

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This document has been produced to enable the Parish Council to assess the risks that it faces and satisfy itself that it has taken adequate…<\/p>\n

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