DCN responds to the Final Local Government Finance Settlement
The final Local Government Finance Settlement (LGFS) 2026-27 contains good news for district councils. There had been the prospect of the Government making a last-minute change to policy assumptions that could have hit many district councils and imposed a substantial...
DCN responds to announcement of delay to local elections
The District Councils’ Network has responded to the Government announcement that county and district councils can apply to ministers to postpone elections scheduled for 2026. In places where the Secretary of State agrees to postpone, elections will instead be held in...
‘The devolution label doesn’t match the contents’: DCN’s devo bill response
Mega councils could be forced on areas regardless of whether existing councils or residents want them The District Councils’ Network has responded to today’s publication of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. The Bill includes a provision to give...