Research and analysis

This edition of the County Spotlight highlights how our member authorities are delivering major transport and infrastructure improvements across England’s counties, profiling16 case studies.

This Dialogues report, produced by HSO, explores how our member authorities are reshaping their digital transformation strategies in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic

This report aims to better understand the experiences of young fathers -particularly in rural areas - during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.

In this consultation response, we set out our concerns regarding the government’s proposal to withdraw the School Improvement Monitoring and Brokering Grant in this consultation response.

This analysis examines population change across county and county‑unitary areas between the 2011 and 2021 Censuses.

This County Spotlight report was released when inflation was at a 40-year high, and focused on the work that our members were carrying out to respond to the cost-of-living crisis.

This report, developed by the County Councils Network (CCN) and Newton, assesses the financial and operational implications of the government’s planned adult social care charging reforms.

This report, produced jointly by Zoom and the County Councils Network (CCN), explores councillors’ experiences of remote and hybrid meetings during the Covid-19 pandemi: drawing on feedback from almost 500 councillors.