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DCN and CCN Joint Statement
The District Councils’ Network and the County Councils Network Joint Statement This article was published…
District Council Response to COVID-19
District Council Response to the COVID-19 Illness This is a fast-moving situation; the response to…
DCN Covid-19 Template Strategy
District Councils’ Network Coronavirus Engagement Template for Councils District Councils will play a pivotal role…
2020 Conference update
2020 Conference Update Our 2020 DCN Conference was our most successful yet. With over…
DCN Annual Conference 2020
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Cancelled: DCN Autumn Assembly 2019
Key topics of the Assembly will be building stronger economies, housing delivery, town centre regeneration,…
DCN Annual Conference 2019
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Staff Development Programme
The Staff Development Programme is a scheme for talented district council officers run by the…
APPG for District Councils Report: Delivering the District Difference
All Party Parliament Group for District Councils Report: Delivering the District Difference The All-Party…
APPG for District Councils
The All Party Parliamentary Group for District Councils The APPG will work to promote the…
District Councils’ Network responds to IFS report into council finances
District Councils' Network responds to IFS report into council finances Commenting on the IFS report warning of council tax rises of 3.6% a year under current government spending plans, Cllr Sharon Taylor OBE, District Councils' Network spokesperson for Sustainable Finance...
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Spending Review 2021: DCN calls for financial certainty and sustainability as the essential foundations for levelling up
Spending Review 2021: DCN calls for financial certainty and sustainability as the essential foundations for levelling up Shire districts will deliver the levelling up agenda by driving stronger economies and better lives in every street: close enough to communities to...
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Levelling up towns and cities in non- metropolitan England; principles for county devolution
Levelling up towns and cities in non- metropolitan England; principles for county devolution A new paper from the District Councils' Network Levelling up towns and cities in non-metropolitan England, outlines how the Government can realise levelling up ambitions at a...
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Levelling up towns and cities in non- metropolitan England: Principles for county devolution
Levelling up towns and cities in non-metropolitan England: Principles for county devolution Devolution can give communities the opportunity to shape their own destiny; to rethink the delivery of critical services and investments in places; to join them up around the...
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District Councils’ Network responds to Kerslake Commission report on rough sleeping
District Councils’ Network responds to Kerslake Commission report on rough sleeping Responding to the Kerslake Commission report on ending rough sleeping, Cllr Phil King, District Councils’ Network spokesperson for Better Lives, said: “District councils have been on the frontline responding...
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