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England’s largest councils call for urgent clarity on this year’s local elections

06 January 2021

England’s largest councils today call on the government to provide urgent clarity on the local elections scheduled for May, and for a swift decision on whether they will take place ...
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BT Blog: How should county councils think about tech in 2021

06 January 2021

Homeworking. Digital inclusion. Economic recovery. These were the big topics of conversation at our roundtable with the County Councils Network in December. We spoke with ...

New national lockdown: CCN response

04 January 2021

Today the government has announced a new national lockdown in England. Below, the County Councils Network responds to the announcement from the Prime Minister tonight. ...

Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement: CCN response

17 December 2020

The government has announced the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2020/21, which will now go out to consultation. You can read the consultation here, ...

Government warned not to overlook county areas in bus strategy, as new report lays bare the scale of decline in rural public transport

10 December 2020

MPs and council leaders have urged the government to not overlook counties in its forthcoming bus investment strategy, as a new report lays bare the ...

Spending Review 2020: CCN response

25 November 2020

The Chancellor has announced his government's one-year Spending Review today, with the documents available here. The government used the review to announce an extra £1....

Over 600 vulnerable young people a day referred to councils after lockdown, with an increase in demand for family support during the pandemic

24 November 2020

Over 630 vulnerable young people a day were being referred to councils’ children’s services in the months after the first lockdown, with local authorities reporting ...

Government unveils its ten-point climate change plan: CCN response

18 November 2020

Today the Prime Minister has released the government's ten-point climate change plan, which can be read here. This includes a target to phase our diesel ...

Only one in five of England’s largest councils confident of preventing insolvency without dramatic reductions to services

12 November 2020

Just one in five of England’s largest councils are confident of setting a balanced budget next year without dramatic reductions to frontline services, a new ...

County Councils Network response to government announcement of new winter package for children and families

08 November 2020

Today the Department of Work and Pensions has announced a new £170m 'winter grant scheme' for vulnerable families and children, to be distributed to councils. ...

Council allocations of the £1bn Coronavirus funding: CCN response

22 October 2020

Today the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government has announced its allocations to councils of its latest tranche of emergency Coronavirus funding, totalling £1bn. ...

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England’s largest councils call for urgent clarity on this year’s local elections