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...
DCN representation to Autumn Statement 2016
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DCN Updates
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...
Public health cuts ‘false economy’, MPs say
In LocalGov.co.uk, 1 September 2016: In response to the committee’s findings, Cllr Neil Clarke, chairman of the District Councils’ Network (DCN) said: ‘The...
District Councils’ Network responds to Commons Health Committee report on Public Health post-2013
The Commons Health Select Committee today issued a report entitled Public Health Post-2013 – Structures, Organisation, Funding and Delivery Inquiry. In...
Districts’ role in prevention should be part of mainstream policy
District councils play a central role in social care and health integration and preventative services. We want to ensure that nationally we deliver better...
Districts’ role in prevention should be part of mainstream policy
In the LGC, 31 August 2016: DCN Chairman Cllr Neil Clarke says districts are well placed to ensure that STPs reflect the health and social care needs of the...
DCN response to Community Infrastructure Levy consultation
DCN response to CIL Review Panel
DCN response to Local Plans Expert Group
District councils outlined a series of reforms to the Local Plans Expert Group aimed at simplifying the planning system and helping to realise Government...
We need more flexibility on planning
In The MJ, 16 August 2016:Â It is important that the performance of councils in approving planning permissions is considered within the wider context of local...
Let districts step up to the plate for public health
In The MJ, 2 August 2016: Sandra Dinneen, chair of the DCN chief executives' group, makes case for districts to help shape Sustainability Transformation Plans...