Reaction to PM’s speech: Top-down approach to waste must end
The District Councils’ Network has responded to the Prime Minister’s speech yesterday which suggested that councils will – after all – retain a high degree of local discretion about how they collect waste. Councils have been waiting for the Department for Environment,...
District councils support measures to boost affordable housing
District councils in areas where much-needed new homes have been blocked by nutrient neutrality rules are calling on peers to vote in favour of scrapping the restrictive practices. The House of Lords votes this evening on a Government amendment to the Levelling Up and...
Save the date for DCN’s Annual Conference
Next year’s DCN Annual Conference will take place on Thursday 14 and Friday 15 March 2024. The event – the biggest gathering in the district council calendar – will again be held at Sopwell House Hotel, near St Albans, Hertfordshire. It will feature some of the...