Out of an existential crisis exudes optimism
In the Local Government Chronicle, 3 February 2017: COMMENT: LGC’s take on the mood at the first District Councils’ Network conference
Districts protest changes to New Homes Bonus in settlement response
In Public Finance, 13 January 2017: Planned changes to the New Homes Bonus will have an adverse effect on communities, shrinking funding and reducing the incentive for new housebuilding, the District Councils Network has warned.
Districts dig in to deliver housebuilding revolution
Commenting on today’s publication of the Housing White Paper ‘Fixing the broken Housing Market’, Cllr Neil Clarke, chairman of the District Councils’ Network (DCN) said: “At last week’s DCN National Conference, Communities and Local Government Secretary, Sajid Javid, said districts would be at the heart of the White Paper and to realising the Government’s housebuilding…
Districts Delivering Growth
‘Districts Delivering Growth’ was the dominant theme of the DCN’s inaugural national conference – which was held at the Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth from 2 to 3 February 2017. Since the Brexit referendum vote, economic growth has assumed even greater importance as the axis around which local government must pivot its activities. A week prior…