CCN in the media - Feb 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 on the Local Government Finance Settlement, housing, and business rate retention.

• ‍The Financial Times: Rural MPs threaten revolt over county council cuts
• ‍Sky News: Sajid Javid tries to fend off town hall cash rebellion‍
• The Guardian: Councils give cautious welcome to extra £150m for social care
• ‍The Telegraph: Tories fear middle-class millennials priced out of housing market could sink party at next election‍
• BBC World at One: Cllr Paul Carter discusses county councils' pressures (from 10 minutes)
• ‍The MJ: Reorganisation in counties must be based on evidence
• ‍LGC: All council types must maintain pressure for fairer funding‍
• Bournemouth Echo: Dorset being 'particularly hammered' by funding cuts‍
• The Guardian: Northamptonshire's cash crisis is a taste of things to come for councils
• ‍BBC Sunday Politics East: Cllr Paul Carter discusses Northamptonshire (from 40 mins)