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David Buckle

David Buckle

David Buckle is former chairman of the District Chief Executives’ Network

Articles by David Buckle

A career of reorganisation

By David Buckle | 24 August 2016

The retiring chief executive of South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse DCs, David Buckle, on h...

Bold thinking required

By David Buckle | 03 June 2015

David Buckle reflects on his two years as chair of the District Chief Executives' Network, and lo...

Rising to the election challenge

By David Buckle | 14 April 2015

This year's set of elections are the most complex ever, with parish, district and parliamentary s...

Emerging from the ashes

By David Buckle | 25 February 2015

David Buckle shares his experience and lessons learned from the recent devastating blaze at South...

Making it count in 2015

By David Buckle | 06 January 2015

DCEN chair David Buckle outlines the agenda for districts in 2015

Trust districts to deliver

By David Buckle | 03 November 2014

The success of devolution hinges on the Government recognising that it needs to be different in d...

District View by David Buckle

By David Buckle | 03 June 2014

DCEN chair fondly remember the days when getting a postal vote was about as difficult as getting ...

District View by David Buckle

By David Buckle | 16 April 2014

County and district councils must to step up to the plate and show that they can deliver successf...

District View by David Buckle

By David Buckle | 26 February 2014

Councils must ensure penny-pinching Whitehall machine makes good its promise to fully fund flood ...

District View: Reasons to be cheerful

By David Buckle | 08 January 2014

A collective cheer went up in the local government community when George Osborne announced his Ne...