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Contents

Standards and Ethics Awards - An update on the LGC awards.

Bias, Predetermination and the Code - A closer look at the relationship between bias, predetermination and the Code of Conduct, based on a session at this year's Annual Assembly.

Local Assessment, sharing lessons learnt - The top five issues of the local assessment process and proposed solutions as seen by delegates of the Annual Assembly 2009.

Annual Return 2010 - Discusses changes planned for the 2010 annual return.

Governance Toolkit for Parish and Town Councils - Find out about the third edition of this toolkit and the changes made to it.

Assessment Made Clear DVD - A reminder for standards committees to provide feedback on our most recent DVD and to use it in a training session.

Police authorities and joint standards committees - A clarification on our guidance on police authorities forming joint standards committees.

Review of the standards framework - An update on the review taking place of the standards framework.

Share your experiences of local standards - Discuss any of the topics in this Bulletin with other monitoring officers and standards committee members in our online forum.

Reminder: The importance of completing information returns - About 75% of authorities complete their quarterly return by the deadline - let's make it 100% in January 2010!

Update on the transfer of the Adjudication Panel for England into the unified Tribunal structure - An update on the changes occurring at the Adjudication Panel for England.