Research and analysis

This joint response, submitted by the County Councils Network and other stakeholders, analyses the government's Fair Funding Review 2.0 and its implications for counties.

The government is planning to reform planning committeees, and here we respond to the consultation on proposals.

This report explores and models a variety of scenarios for fiscal devolution for England's local authorities.

Our 2025 councillor guide aims to give councillors - both new and old - a short introduction to CCN and the key issues facing county areas.

We set out our evidence on the growing challenge county councils and unitary councils face in delivering SEND services in this submission.

This analysis draws on data from PwC to analyse a variety of local govermment reorganisation scenarios, based on population sizes.

This updated research builds on PwC's 2021 report, which examines the financial implcations of different local government reorganisation scenarios in 2025.