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WHITEHALL
Spending review: The road ahead is still paved with uncertainty
By Cllr Sharon Taylor | 27 November 2020
The efforts of local government during the pandemic have been astounding, which makes the public ...
HEALTH
Councils key to tackling 'anti-vax mob'
By Ann McGauran | 24 November 2020
Councils must act quickly to knock down the ‘anti-vax mob’ as the Government puts the sector at t...
WHITEHALL
Government adviser urges councils to prepare for post-lockdown
By Heather Jameson | 24 November 2020
Councils should be preparing residents now for emerging safely from lockdown, a member of the Gov...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
The value of districts working at the local level
By Neil Shaw | 23 November 2020
Chief executive at Rossendale BC Neil Shaw outlines how the council has addressed the need to sup...
WHITEHALL
Leisure centre collapse warning
By Dan Peters | 20 November 2020
Under-pressure leisure centres will go under without further rescue funding on top of the £100m a...
CLIMATE CHANGE
A crucial role for districts
By Martin Ellender | 17 November 2020
Martin Ellender says districts, with their local and national partners, must consider 'what has w...
FINANCE
More Section 114 notices predicted next year
By Martin Ford | 13 November 2020
Local authorities are facing deep cuts to frontline services and Section 114 notices next year, t...
PUBLIC HEALTH
Keeping it local
10 November 2020
It’s local councils who are gearing up to support businesses and residents through lockdown, wit...
REORGANISATION
In choppy waters, back districts to deliver
By Cllr John Fuller OBE | 03 November 2020
The debate on local government reform must end now, ‘so that all areas can focus on the crisis in...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Shevlin suggests reorganisation alternative as rival bids threaten his council's future
By Dan Peters | 03 November 2020
A former chair of the District Councils’ Network chief executives’ group has suggested a radical ...
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