06 January 2021
England’s largest councils today call on the government to provide urgent clarity on the local elections scheduled for May, and for a swift decision on whether they will take place ...
06 January 2021
Homeworking. Digital inclusion. Economic recovery. These were the big topics of conversation at our roundtable with the County Councils Network in December. We spoke with ...
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04 January 2021
Today the government has announced a new national lockdown in England. Below, the County Councils Network responds to the announcement from the Prime Minister tonight. ...
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17 December 2020
The government has announced the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2020/21, which will now go out to consultation. You can read the consultation here, ...
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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 ...
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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....
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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