In Public Finance, 13 January 2017:Â Planned changes to the New Homes Bonus will have an adverse effect on communities, shrinking funding and reducing the...
Districts protest changes to New Homes Bonus in settlement response
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DCN Updates
Districts dig in to deliver housebuilding revolution
Commenting on today’s publication of the Housing White Paper ‘Fixing the broken Housing Market’, Cllr Neil Clarke, chairman of the District Councils’ Network...
Districts Delivering Growth
‘Districts Delivering Growth’ was the dominant theme of the DCN's inaugural national conference - which was held at the Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth from...
DCN submission to the March 2017 Budget
The DCN has submitted a representation to HM Treasury ahead of the 2017 March Budget timetabled for 8 March. Â This response focuses primarily on the greater...
New Homes Bonus reforms punish housebuilding districts
Reforms to the New Homes Bonus outlined in the provisional local government finance settlement will have a disproportionate and adverse impact on the...
District Councils’ Network responds to provisional local government finance settlement 2017/18
In response to today’s provisional local government finance settlement, Cllr Neil Clarke, chairman of the District Councils’ Network (DCN) said: “The New...
District chiefs urged to take part in collaboration and devolution inquiry
In LocalGov.co.uk, 24 November 2016:Â District councils have been urged to submit evidence to an inquiry into the opportunities presented by devolution.
DCN Autumn Statement 2016 Briefing
District Councils' Network on the day member briefing responding to the 2016 Autumn Statement.
District Councils’ Network responds to Autumn Statement 2016
In response to today’s Autumn Statement announcement, Cllr Neil Clarke MBE, chairman of the District Councils’ Network (DCN), said: “Philip Hammond has...
APPG for District Councils Inquiry: Collaboration and Devolution
All Party Parliament Group for District Councils Inquiry: Collaboration and Devolution Call for evidence The APPG for District Councils invites submissions of...
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...