District Bulletin: With funding and freedom we can end homelessness
In this Bulletin: CLLR SUSAN BROWN: With funding and freedom we can end homelessness MUST-READS: Our round-up of media and policy highlights SIXTY SECONDS WITH… Robert Weaver, Chief Executive, Cotswold DC NOTICEBOARD: Essential diary dates and opportunities DCN...‘New lorries and bins will add to councils’ financial woes’
Government urged to listen to councils’ concerns about insufficient funding and unrealistic deadlines for waste reform Two-thirds of councils expect not to hit the Government’s deadline to ‘simplify’ recycling services as the scale of the costs they face can be...
‘Well-run councils will have to make counterproductive cuts’
The Chancellor has been urged to take targeted action to avoid counterproductive cuts to essential services at district councils. District councils – the local authorities closest to communities across much of England – continue to feel acute financial pressure due to...