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District Councils Network responds to Integration White Paper Commenting on the publication of the Government’s Integration White Paper, Chair of the District...
District Councils Network responds to Local Government Finance Settlement Commenting on the publication of the Local Government Finance Settlement, Cllr...
District Councils Network responds to Levelling Up White Paper Commenting on the Government’s recently published Levelling Up White Paper, Cllr Sam...
Sam's Blog - December 2021 Hello DCN members Well, it’s nearly Christmas. Hopefully you all have something approaching a festive feeling. Although...
DCN responds to Protect and Vaccinate announcement Responding to an announcement of £28 million of Government funding to vaccinate rough sleepers as part of...
District Councils' Network respond to Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement Commenting on the Provisional Local Government Finance...
Councils warn of rise in housing waiting lists as landlords sell up Snap survey of district councils shows that 76 per cent of councils have seen an increase...
District Councils’ Network relaunches Staff Development Programme The District Councils’ Network (DCN) is now inviting applicants to apply for their...
Sam's Blog - November 2021 Hello DCN members Thanks for reading this first of what will be regular monthly thoughts from me on the biggest issues...
COP26: Industry Experts Call for Climate Action to be at the Heart of Recovery for the UK Local Authority Sports and Leisure Sector A group of industry...
Cllr Bridget Smith, Leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council, and DCN Vice Chair Cllr Smith is attending COP26 as part of the LGA's cross-party team of...
District Councils' Network responses to HCLG committee report on net zero Responding to a report by the HCLG committee calling for councils to be given the...
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