CCN in the media: April 2018

The County Councils Network was featured in the media several times in April, with stories in the national and trade press; covering our advocacy on rural broadband speeds, the Industrial Strategy, business rates, and housing. Below features a roundup.

• ‍The Telegraph: Rural counties face broadband speeds three times less slower than neighbouring cities
• ‍Government Business: Re-shape LEP boundaries alongside county boundaries‍
• UK Authority: Counties express broadband grievance
• ‍LGC: Simon Edwards -No guarantee that unitary moves will snowball‍
• Public Sector Executive: Time to ease austerity
• ‍Inside Housing: County councils examine ways to get involved in housing market‍
• MJ: Government could intervene in tier splits row
• ‍Public Finance: MPs - councils need grants as well as business rates