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Local Government Reorganisation dominates DCN chat
REORGANISATION

Local Government Reorganisation dominates DCN chat

By By Kathy O’ Leary | 24 October 2025

The District Council's Network reception may have saw the baton handed to a new chairman, but the chatter was dominated by talk of reorganisation, says Kathy O'Leary

DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK

DCN: Deprivation key determinant for spending

By Neil Merrick | 20 October 2025

Unitaries with a population more than 350,000 tend to spend more per resident on services but are...

REORGANISATION

Isn't it time to accept that all current councils in shire counties should be swept away?

By Ian Miller | 20 October 2025

Ian Miller says that under LGR a ‘continuing’ county council would be required to have open compe...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

EXCLUSIVE: District dead end

By Dan Peters | 09 October 2025

Just five district council chief executives have made the move to a unitary or county council sin...

HOUSING

DCN call for housing fund expansion

By Joe Lepper | 09 October 2025

A housing fund blighted by poor uptake among local authorities needs to be expanded, according to...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Food waste new burdens assessment still not completed

By Dan Peters | 09 October 2025

Whitehall has yet to complete a new burdens assessment for introducing separate food waste collec...

REORGANISATION

EXCLUSIVE: LGA on its own will not be enough, survey finds

By Martin Ford | 08 October 2025

‘Very few’ respondents to a survey on the future of sector membership bodies believe the Local Go...

DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK

DCN is 'punching above its weight'

By Martin Ford | 08 October 2025

As Sam Chapman-Allen’s tenure as chair of the District Councils’ Network (DCN) comes to an end, h...

WHITEHALL

Councils to call for tighter HMO controls

By Neil Merrick | 02 October 2025

Councils are expected to call for tighter controls over houses in multiple occupation (HMO) after...

DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK

Outgoing DCN chair calls for genuine devo

By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 29 September 2025

As he steps down from his DCN role, chair Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen reflects on four turbulent years...

HOUSING

Councils back Right to Buy reforms but seek more flexibility

By William Eichler | 05 September 2025

Reforms to Right to Buy (RtB) have given councils greater confidence in protecting and growing th...

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