APPG meeting: ‘Districts have a hugely important role’
Thank you to everyone who attended the 18 September meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for District Councils. It was standing room only in the Palace of Westminster’s Churchill Room as senior councillors and chief executives of district councils mixed with...Reaction to PM’s speech: Top-down approach to waste must end
The District Councils’ Network has responded to the Prime Minister’s speech yesterday which suggested that councils will – after all – retain a high degree of local discretion about how they collect waste. Councils have been waiting for the Department for Environment,...
District councils support measures to boost affordable housing
District councils in areas where much-needed new homes have been blocked by nutrient neutrality rules are calling on peers to vote in favour of scrapping the restrictive practices. The House of Lords votes this evening on a Government amendment to the Levelling Up and...