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DCN: Reward, don’t punish, Districts in finance settlement

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 for delivering more homes whilst facing the biggest cut in their spending power than any other type of council, DCN urged today. In its response to the...
DCN responds to social housing green paper

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 Beattie, Vice Chairman of the District Councils’ Network, said: “As the housing authorities, district councils know how essential social housing is to meet...
DCN responds to the Government’s Rough Sleeping Strategy

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 Sleeping Strategy, Cllr Tom Beattie, Vice Chairman of the District Councils’ Network, said: “As the housing authorities, district councils are at the...
DCN responds to the revised National Planning Policy Framework

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 National Planning Policy Framework, Cllr Gillian Brown, DCN Planning spokesperson, said: “England’s 201 district councils are committed to...

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