Articles by Simon Edwards
Local leadership needs a vote of confidence from the Treasury
By Simon Edwards | 05 October 2021
In the run up to the Spending Review, the County Councils' Network will be continuing to highligh...
The levelling up White Paper must have proposals to match counties' ambitions
By Simon Edwards | 16 June 2021
CCN’s member councils are putting in train ambitious place-based economic recovery plans, 'but th...
Seize the reins
By Simon Edwards | 30 March 2021
The County Councils Network's new business plan for recovery and renewal puts forward evidence-ba...
Counties will continue to deliver
By Simon Edwards | 07 December 2020
Director of the County Councils Network Simon Edwards says the next few months will be 'no easier...
Give councils the powers and funds to transform their societies
By Simon Edwards | 04 June 2020
As counties begin to move out of the most stringent lockdown measures, CCN member councils will b...
We will see the very best of local councils
By Simon Edwards | 23 March 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, counties are ‘doing what they have done in an understated way for s...
The sector cannot simply make blank cheque arguments
By Simon Edwards | 09 January 2020
It will be crucial to show the new Government that investing in local government will provide a r...
'Unleash the potential of counties'
By Simon Edwards | 13 November 2019
The County Councils’ Network conference begins this weekend against the backdrop of the General E...
Reviews are a chance for us to come together
By Simon Edwards | 22 May 2019
The County Councils’ Network (CCN) has released a new report on councils’ finances. Simon Edwards...
Change will be necessary to fix a broken funding system
By Simon Edwards | 06 March 2019
Compromises along the way will be needed if the sector is to secure the implementation of the fai...
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