Save the date for DCN’s Annual Conference
Next year’s DCN Annual Conference will take place on Thursday 14 and Friday 15 March 2024. The event – the biggest gathering in the district council calendar – will again be held at Sopwell House Hotel, near St Albans, Hertfordshire. It will feature some of the...
Best Value: DCN’s response to Government consultation
DCN has responded to the Government’s consultation on statutory guidance for local authorities on Best Value Duty, which closed yesterday. The proposed updated version of the guidance, issued to all local authorities under the Local Government Act 1999, sets out...
‘I’d like 20 robots by 2025’: councils discuss radical transformation
A DCN/Capita roundtable brought together member councils to contemplate how authorities can become more resilient amid rising demand and budget pressures It has become ever harder to run councils as budgets tighten, staff come under greater pressure and demand for...