CCN News 2018 Archives - Page 6 of 6 - County Councils Network

Counties spend two thirds of their budgets on care services as new report warns over the financial sustainability of councils

08 March 2018

The County Councils Network has responded to today’s National Audit Office (NAO) report, calling on the government to take action as figures show two thirds ...

Coalition of national organisations warn government that planning reforms do not go far enough

05 March 2018

A coalition of national organisations have called on the Housing Secretary to strengthen planning reforms to ensure that local areas have the infrastructure ...

CCN in the media – Feb 2018

28 February 2018

The County Councils Network was featured in the media almost 80 times in a busy month, with stories in the national, trade, and local press ...

CCN call for strategic planning reforms as counties see England’s sharpest house price increase

16 February 2018

England’s largest councils are calling on the Housing Secretary to strengthen reforms to the planning system in rural areas as it emerged that house prices ...

Government announces extra £166m for councils: CCN responds

06 February 2018

Today, the government has announced it is making an extra £166m available for local government in the final Local Government Finance Settlement. This is a ...

Housing Infrastructure Fund announcement: CCN responds

01 February 2018

Today, the government announced the first wave of allocations in the Housing Infrastructure Fund. Cllr Philip Atkins, County Councils Network Spokesman for Housing, Infrastructure, ...

New council tax freedoms will only raise one tenth of budget reductions for county councils

25 January 2018

Leaders of England’s county councils are warning that new freedoms to raise an additional 1% in council tax will only raise one tenth of the ...

‘Unprecedented’ elderly population boom in rural England pushes local services to breaking point, councils warn

17 January 2018

The number of elderly people in county areas has risen by half a million in just three years alone, and council leaders warn this population ...

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