‘A missed opportunity’: DCN responds to finance settlement  District council budgets will remain under considerable pressure after the Government confirmed...
‘A missed opportunity’: DCN responds to finance settlement
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DCN Updates
Hunt and Gove urged to support leisure sector through energy crisis
Hunt and Gove urged to support leisure sector through energy crisis DCN has co-written a letter to the Chancellor and Levelling Up secretary urging the...
District Bulletin: January 2023
In this bulletin: CLLR BRIDGET SMITH: Fix the water crisis or development may stop MUST-READS: Our round-up of media and policy highlights for district...
Tomorrow’s district council leaders
Tomorrow’s district council leaders Last December, up-and-coming officers from district councils across England gathered for the final event of the District...
Roundtable: Supporting our communities through the cost-of-living crisis
Roundtable: Supporting our communities through the cost-of-living crisis The innovation of district councils in supporting the vulnerable through this...
DCN responds to support package for Ukrainians in UK
The District Councils’ Network (DCN) welcomes the support package for Ukrainians in the UK announced by the Government this week. The DCN is particularly...
DCN responds to Policy Statement on Local Government Finance
DCN responds to Policy Statement on Local Government Finance: ‘A step forward but difficult choices remain for district councils’ District council budgets...
Government agrees to protect district council functions
Levelling Up Bill: Government agrees to protect district council functions The District Councils’ Network has welcomed Michael Gove’s move to end the risk...
‘Every community and every individual will feel poorer’ – DCN responds to Autumn Statement
DCN responds to Autumn Statement: ‘Every community and every individual will feel poorer’ District councils have little alternative but to scale back...
Empowered councils can deliver net zero and clean growth
Empowered councils can deliver net zero and clean growth Local government should be empowered to independently fund clean growth projects and lead the drive...
Hunt warned: further cuts will weaken shire communities
Hunt warned: further cuts will weaken shire communities District council leaders say they will have no option but to cut hugely valuable local services which...
Four-fifths of councils running out of accommodation for homeless people
Councils are running out of temporary accommodation in which to house growing numbers of people who are becoming homeless, exclusive research reveals. The...