CCN in the media: February 2019

The County Councils Network was referenced in the media over 50 times, with stories ranging from our advocacy on the fair funding review, business rate retention, our new public health report, and on housing.

The Telegraph: Priced out: Rural areas hit by house price affordability crisis

LGC: Paul Carter – ‘Perfection will have to be sacrificed in favour of the practical on fair funding’

The MJ: Taking back public health commissioning would be a retrograde step – David Williams

The Planner: County house prices are ten times annual earnings

The Guardian: Frances Ryan – only a small sad nation robs its people of arts and culture

Localgov: Counties call for full baseline reset of business rates in 2020

Home Care Insight: County councils urge government to ‘look again’ at social care funding formula

Conservative Home: Nick Rushton – Financial independence would allow councils to talk of real ambition, not just survival

The Times: Letters – NHS Long-Term Plan and the role of social care

LGC: Phil Swann: Public health needs a reset between NHS and councillors