Dealing with the people in your community, understanding the issues and concerns they face, and being equipped with the skills, confidence and ability to take action in response to their queries, is an important and valued role for any councillor. The problems and issues local people raise with you are often referred to as ‘casework’.
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Casework can sometimes lead on to policy development or issue campaigning, but can be distinguished from these by virtue of the fact that casework usually deals with the resolution of an individual problem.
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LGA
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11.79