A number of councils have ignored a Government threat to suspend their access to Whitehall data by refusing to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU), The MJ understands.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had extended the deadline for returning a fully-signed MOU after the sector reacted with anger and disappointment to the proposed document.
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