District councils are pressing for changes to the “unfair” system governing council tax increases which are curbing their key role in prevention amid continuing cuts to their core spending power. In its submission to the final Local Government Finance Settlement, the District Councils’ Network (DCN) has put forward proposals which could help raise an additional…
Responding to the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement, Cllr John Fuller, Chairman of the District Council Network, said: “District councils are at the heart of growing the national economy for over two thirds of England and have consistently demanded that the powerful incentives to build homes are not diluted by further changes to the New…
Responding to the publication of the Industrial Strategy White Paper, Cllr John Fuller, Chairman of the District Councils’ Network said The increased prominence of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) will allow strategic growth and local planning and housing authorities to work together on functional economic geographies to build the national economy one local economy at a…
District councils must be able to raise council tax by 2 per cent to invest in prevention measures that would help relieve the ever increasing demand on social care and NHS budgets. The District Councils’ Network, which represents 200 district councils across England, is calling on the Government ahead of this year’s budget to allow…