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Booking is now open for CCN Conference 2018

10 September 2018

Booking for this year's CCN Conference is now open. This year's event takes place at the Harbour Hotel, in Guildford, Surrey, from Sunday, 18th of November, to Tuesday, November 20 ...
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WATCH: CCN warns that more councils will struggle without new funding on prime-time BBC News

04 September 2018

This week, the County Councils Network has been featured on prime-time BBC news programmes as debates on local government funding continue to feature prominently in ...

CCN in the media: summer 2018

31 August 2018

CCN was referenced in the media almost 150 times during a busy summer, with coverage on prime-time BBC 6pm News, ITV, and the New York ...

Councils in England overspend by over £800m on children’s care services as local authorities struggle to meet escalating demand

23 August 2018

New figures released today by the government have revealed that councils in England overspent by £816m on protecting vulnerable children in the last financial year, ...

IFS report on the fair funding review: CCN response

22 August 2018

Today the Institute of Fiscal Studies has released a new report on the fair funding review. Below, the County Councils Network responds to the report. ...

Azeus Convene Blog: Paper-waste in local government: how it affects carbon emissions targets

21 August 2018

It would be hard to find any politician in the UK who would say that they are opposed to the Paris Accord and that the ...

WATCH: Coverage of our warning over the risk that a core offer could become the norm

10 August 2018

With Northamptonshire approving £70m of emergency reductions to its budget, CCN have been across the national media outlining the wider financial pressures facing county authorities ...

Risk that basic ‘core offer’ of local services could be become the norm without additional resources, Counties warns

09 August 2018

England’s largest authorities are warning that plans to strip back services and offer only a basic ‘core offer’ of services to local residents could be ...

Counties set out their social care policy positions in new report ahead of government green paper

27 July 2018

England’s largest councils have backed government plans to introduce a cap on care – but warn that it must be fully-funded otherwise it will inadvertently ...

Counties welcome ‘fairer’ settlement measures, but call for pilot resources to be reinvested

25 July 2018

The County Councils Network (CCN) has welcomed proposed measures in the local government finance settlement that could make grant funding for councils fairer, but argue ...

Local Enterprise Partnership proposals: CCN responds

25 July 2018

Yesterday the government announced a series of proposals for reforming Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP), including the potential for revised LEP boundaries where there are overlaps. ...

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