Districts Deliver: How local people view their councils Exclusive research has revealed unprecedented insight into the value people place on universal local public services and their trust in the councils providing them. The District Councils’ Network commissioned the independent analysts BritainThinks to survey people living in the English shires about their attitudes to the local…
Empowered councils can deliver net zero and clean growth Local government should be empowered to independently fund clean growth projects and lead the drive to hit net zero in local communities, a report from Localis, co-commissioned by DCN, today urges. ‘Mapping a route to clean local growth – clearing the path to net zero’ calls…
Fit for the Future: The Health Value of Wellbeing and Leisure Services This new report from DCN, produced with health consultants HEC at University of East Anglia and Economics By Design, delivers strong evidence of the potential of these services to tackle health inequalities and level up our communities. The report shows that engagement of…
Bigger is still Not Better – a report by Professor Colin Copus This timely new report from Professor Colin Copus, Emeritus Professor of Local Politics, De Montfort University and Visiting Professor, Ghent University is an update on 2020’s ‘Bigger is not Better’. The report refreshes the evidence base on the impacts of changing local government size, and…