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DCN responds to announcement on Local Enterprise Partnerships
DCN RESPONDS TO ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIPS
Responding to the Government’s policy paper on ...
DCN responds to announcement on negative RSG
DCN RESPONDS TO ANNOUNCEMENT ON NEGATIVE RSG
Responding to the Government’s announcement ensuring councils will ...
DCN responds to the revised National Planning Policy Framework
DCN RESPONDS TO THE REVISED NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK
Responding to the Government’s changes to the ...
DCN responds to the Government’s Rough Sleeping Strategy
DCN RESPONDS TO GOVERNMENT’S ROUGH SLEEPING STRATEGY
Responding to today’s publication of the Government’s Rough ...
DCN responds to social housing green paper
DCN RESPONDS TO SOCIAL HOUSING GREEN PAPER
Responding to the Government’s Social Housing Green Paper, Cllr Tom ...
DCN responds to Technical Settlement Consultation
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DCN: Reward, don’t punish, Districts in finance settlement
 DCN: REWARD, DON’T PUNISH, DISTRICTS IN FINANCE SETTLEMENT
District councils should be rewarded and not punished ...
DCN responds to LGA adult social care green paper
DCN RESPONDS TO LGA ADULT SOCIAL CARE GREEN PAPER
Responding to the Local Government Association’s adult social ...
DCN calls for more freedoms and funding reassurance in submission to Autumn Budget
DCN CALLS FOR MORE FREEDOMS AND FUNDING REASSURANCE IN SUBMISSION TO AUTUMN BUDGET
Following the DCN’s submission ...
DCN responds to announcement on lifting the housing borrowing cap
DCN RESPONDS TO ANNOUNCEMENT ON LIFTING THE HOUSING BORROWING CAP
Responding to an announcement today by Theresa ...
DCN: All Right to Buy receipts should have longer timeframe
DCN: ALL RIGHT TO BUY RECEIPTS SHOULD HAVE LONGER TIMEFRAME
In its submission to a government consultation on the ...
DCN: Rising costs of homelessness must be reflected in future funding formula
DCN: RISING COSTS OF HOMELESSNESS MUST BE REFLECTED IN FUTURE FUNDING FORMULA
Rising levels of homelessness need ...
DCN responds to the announcement concerning local government reorganisation in Buckinghamshire
Responding to today's announcement concerning local government reorganisation in Buckinghamshire
Cllr John ...
DCN responds to the launch of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s Prevention Vision
Responding to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s Prevention Vision, Cllr John Fuller, DCN ...
DCN responds to new housebuilding figures
Responding to new housebuilding figures published by Government, District Councils’ Network Chairman, Cllr John ...
DCN responds to research into commercial investment
Responding to recent research into commercial investment, Cllr Mark Crane, DCN lead for stronger economies, ...
DCN responds to Disabled Facilities Grant review
Responding to the publication of an independent review into the Disabled Facilities Grant, DCN spokesperson for ...
DCN responds to Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement
Responding to the provisional local government finance settlement, District Councils’ Network Chairman, Cllr John ...
DCN responds to new Government waste strategy
Responding to the Government's Resources and Waste Strategy, launched today, Cllr Isobel Darby, DCN Lead for ...
DCN responds to NHS long term plan
Responding to the NHS long term plan, Cllr Isobel Darby, DCN Member Lead for Quality of Life, said:
“We are ...
DCN responds to written ministerial statement on Brexit funding
Responding to a written ministerial statement on Brexit funding for local government, which confirms that district ...
Public health role of district councils needs to be better rewarded, says DCN
District councils need to be better rewarded for their essential and effective role in public health which ...
DCN responds to funding announced for new garden towns
Responding to £9 million in additional government funding announced for new garden towns, Cllr Mark Crane, DCN ...