COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

Appointment of new Treasury ministers bodes well for the sector

Chairman-elect of the County Councils Network David Williams reviews the organisation's key asks in its Five-Point Plan for Local Government - and says Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid's new roles in the Treasury are good news for councils.

Early August brought the not-entirely unexpected news that the three-year Spending Review was to be delayed.

It's a situation that the County Councils Network (CCN) has been preparing for some months now, culminating in the recent publication of our Five-Point Plan for Local Government, launched the week the Government took office.

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