A collection of articles on the role to be played by district councils in supporting the City Deal initiative has been published by the District Councils' Network (DCN).

Entitled 'Localising Growth: The district contribution to delivering City Deals', the paper includes contributions from cities minister Greg Clark, the Local Government Association, the New Local Government Network think-tank and a variety of district councils including Chesterfield, Norwich, Tamworth and East Staffordshire.