This article features essential information from DCN’s September District Bulletin newsletter. MUST-READS: Our round-up of the crucial articles for district councils Financial Times (£): Inflation surge forces councils to cut UK ‘levelling up’ projects The BBC: Rising costs threaten levelling up schemes in England, councils warn Bill Cullen, chief executive, Hinckley & Bosworth Borough…
An opportunity has arisen to be ministers’ growth agenda partners The economic direction of travel under Liz Truss will differ from that under her predecessors Jonathan Werran, Chief Executive, Localis The poignant images of the late Queen Elizabeth II, clearly frail but resolutely dutiful, shaking hands after inviting Elizabeth Truss to become her last prime…
‘Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, district councils’ Districts have played a significant role in local commemorations for the Queen – and this autumn will provide further unprecedented challenges Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen, Chairman, District Councils’ Network The past few weeks have been momentous. We have a new prime minister and government and, for the first…