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MJ AWARDS

MJ Awards deadline extended to 12 February

Good news! The deadline for entering The MJ Local Government Achievement Awards has been extended by one week – to Friday 12 February.

Good news! The deadline for entering The MJ Local Government Achievement Awards has been extended by one week – to Friday 12 February.

This means all local authority teams will still have time to enter one of our 17 categories in this year's awards.

Entries can be up to 2,000 words in length and need to be sent to us through our Awards website.

For full details, visit awards.themj.co.uk

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