WASTE

DEFRA's simplistic proposals are as doomed to fail

By Cllr John Fuller OBE | 08 June 2021

The waste collection business is complicated, says chair of the District Councils' Network Cllr J...

FINANCE

Districts in plea for leisure centre funding

By Martin Ford | 08 June 2021

A crunch meeting on the future of leisure centres is to take place this week, The MJ understands.

WHITEHALL

Uproar at move towards 'national bin service'

By Dan Peters | 01 June 2021

Councils are preparing to fight government plans to create what they fear will be a ‘national bin...

LEISURE

Let's not lose our leisure centres

By David Chefneux | 26 May 2021

The District Councils’ Network has urged the Government to offer a lifeline to leisure centres o...

LEISURE

Central Government must 'sign off a National Leisure Recovery Fund #2'

By Mark Sesnan | 24 May 2021

There appears to be a clear disconnect between central Government’s public commitments to tacklin...

HEALTH

More than 100 leisure centres could go bust, DCN warns

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2021

More than 100 leisure centres in England could go bust due to the coronavirus crisis, district co...

PLANNING

Call to scrap 'arbitrary' New Homes Bonus

By Martin Ford | 05 May 2021

A county council has called for the New Homes Bonus to be dropped altogether in a withering respo...

WHITEHALL

Districts to warn government over New Homes Bonus changes

By Dan Peters | 29 March 2021

District councils are expected to urge the Government not to mess with a scheme that acts as a ‘p...

WHITEHALL

Council concern over grant pressure

By Dan Peters | 23 March 2021

Councils have raised concerns with government that local authorities will have to demonstrate the...

FINANCE

End to welfare support threatens council finances

By Martin Ford | 22 March 2021

Cutting off pandemic welfare support could lead to ‘disaster’ for families and local government f...

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