CCN News 2020

Government warned not to overlook county areas in bus strategy, as new report lays bare the scale of decline in rural public transport

10 December 2020

MPs and council leaders have urged the government to not overlook counties in its forthcoming bus investment strategy, as a new report lays bare the ...

Spending Review 2020: CCN response

25 November 2020

The Chancellor has announced his government's one-year Spending Review today, with the documents available here. The government used the review to announce an extra £1....

Over 600 vulnerable young people a day referred to councils after lockdown, with an increase in demand for family support during the pandemic

24 November 2020

Over 630 vulnerable young people a day were being referred to councils’ children’s services in the months after the first lockdown, with local authorities reporting ...

Government unveils its ten-point climate change plan: CCN response

18 November 2020

Today the Prime Minister has released the government's ten-point climate change plan, which can be read here. This includes a target to phase our diesel ...

Only one in five of England’s largest councils confident of preventing insolvency without dramatic reductions to services

12 November 2020

Just one in five of England’s largest councils are confident of setting a balanced budget next year without dramatic reductions to frontline services, a new ...

County Councils Network response to government announcement of new winter package for children and families

08 November 2020

Today the Department of Work and Pensions has announced a new £170m 'winter grant scheme' for vulnerable families and children, to be distributed to councils. ...

Council allocations of the £1bn Coronavirus funding: CCN response

22 October 2020

Today the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government has announced its allocations to councils of its latest tranche of emergency Coronavirus funding, totalling £1bn. ...

New ResPublica report on devolution: CCN response

21 October 2020

Today the think-tank ResPublica has launched a new report, examining devolution for the areas outside of the city regions. ResPublica explored similar themes in a ...

New report argues for stronger collaboration between councils to fill the strategic planning void

Stronger collaboration between councils, health bodies, and business could set out ambitious visions for housing and economic growth in county areas, filling the strategic planning ...

Act now to prevent lockdowns: councils urge residents as cases triple in county areas

17 October 2020

Councils in county areas today issue a plea to residents to act now by taking extra precautions to slow rising cases of Coronavirus, with leaders ...