All Party Parliament Group for District Councils Inquiry: Collaboration and Devolution Call for evidence The APPG for District Councils invites submissions of...
APPG for District Councils Inquiry: Collaboration and Devolution
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DCN Updates
Neil Clarke: County unitaries are no panacea
In LGC, 21 November 2016: The future’s bright. The future’s local, writes DCN chairman Cllr Neil Clarke
Districts and the transformation agenda
In The MJ, 8 November 2016: Sandra Dinneen, chair of the DCN chief executives’ group, says district councils are working and clustering to radically improve...
DCN high level response to: “CCN response to independent studies on structural reform”
DCN high level response to: “CCN response to independent studies on structural reform” Commenting in response to independent studies looking into potential...
DCN response to 2017-18 Local Government Finance Settlement – technical consultation
Click here to access the DCN's response to the 2017/18 Local Government Finance Settlement technical consultation
DCN responds to Local Plans concerns in new Neighbourhood Planning Bill clauses
Responding to new amendments in the Neighbourhood Planning Bill, Cllr Gillian Brown, Planning and Growth Lead Member for the District Councils’ Network (DCN),...
Districts call for greater housebuilding powers in Autumn Statement
In Public Sector Executive, October 7, 2016: The government should give councils more powers to build the levels of housing needed, the District Councils’...
Updated: District Councils Network – Neighbourhood Planning Bill Second Reading Briefing for 19 October 2016
District Councils Network - Neighbourhood Planning Bill Second Reading Briefing for 21/10/2016
DCN representation to Autumn Statement 2016
The DCN has submitted a representation to HM Treasury ahead of the 2016 Autumn Statement timetabled for 23 November. This response focuses primarily on the...
Neil Clarke and Mark Pawsey MP: In praise of district councils
In Conservative Home, 16 September 2016: Brexit shows that we ignore local identity and what matters most to local communities at our peril write DCN chairman...
District Councils’ Network responds to DCLG consultation: ‘Self-sufficient local government: 100% business rates retention’
In response to the DCLG consultation into 100 per cent retention of business rates, Cllr Neil Clarke MBE, chairman of the District Councils’ Network (DCN)...
100% Business Rate Retention: joint statement on CCN, DCN and RSN shared principles
Joint Statement The County Councils Network (CCN), District Councils’ Network (DCN) and Rural Services Network (RSN) have jointly welcomed the Government’s...