DCN RESPONDS TO ENDING OF LOCAL HOUSING ALLOWANCE RATE FREEZE Responding to the Government announcing it will be ending the Local Housing Allowance freeze, Cllr Giles Archibald, DCN Better Lives spokesperson, said: “It is good the Government is to end the Local Housing Allowance rate freeze, about which districts have long been raising concerns. “However…
COUNCILS WARN OF ‘FLY-TIPPING FARM-AGGEDON’ BLIGHTING RURAL AREAS Fly-tippers are increasingly targeting rural areas amid warnings from councils of a “fly-tipping farm-aggedon” after new figures showed a surge in incidents where rubbish is being dumped on farm land and blighting the countryside. Figures obtained by the District Councils Network has found that in the past…
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