We are a cross-party network, providing a single national voice for our member councils
We are a cross-party, member-led network, providing a single voice for our member councils
The DCN have broadly welcomed the government’s proposals that would see the Education and Skills Funding Agency paying schools’ business rates directly to billing authorities, removing the need for local authority maintained schools and academies to make these payments to billing authorities themselves.
Welcome to this series of bite-sized webinars on local government reorganisation from Birketts. In them, Claire Jones,...
DCN is delighted to announce that we’ve entered a new partnership with Birketts LLP, a top 50 UK law firm specialising...
The Government has today announced the delay of mayoral elections in Devolution Priority Programme areas from 2026 to...
The District Councils’ Network has responded to today’s Budget, delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves this afternoon....
We are a cross-party network, providing a single national voice for our member councils
The DCN strives to support our members through influencing national policy, facilitating collaboration and networking, and undertaking research
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