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EXCLUSIVE: Unitaries to fight over funding after fair funding decision
POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Unitaries to fight over funding after fair funding decision

By By Martin Ford | 27 November 2025

Fears have been raised local government could ‘tear itself apart’ over funding for new unitary authorities.

DEVOLUTION

Devo Bill 'snatches' power upwards

By Dan Peters | 26 November 2025

Power is being ‘snatched upwards and away from local voices’ by the English Devolution and Commun...

FAIR FUNDING

Districts take hit in fair funding review

By Martin Ford | 20 November 2025

District councils have been told their finances will take a hit as the fair funding review is pub...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: DCN looks to 'evolve'

By Dan Peters | 18 November 2025

Chief executives and leaders have been invited to three in-person regional workshops as the Distr...

DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK

The campaign against mega councils will continue

By Cllr Richard Wright | 17 November 2025

The knowledge that ministers agree bigger isn't necessarily best when it comes to unitarisation l...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: Cuts expected after LGA overhaul

By Dan Peters | 13 November 2025

Organisation agrees to new future operating model as chief executive promises ‘step change in how...

DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK

Temporary accommodation funding freeze costs districts £268m a year

By Dan Peters | 10 November 2025

A funding freeze on Government support for temporary accommodation is draining English district c...

DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK

DCN chair promises 'more edge'

By Martin Ford | 29 October 2025

The new chair of the District Councils’ Network (DCN) has pledged to speak for its members with ‘...

DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK

New beginnings for DCN chair

By Martin Ford | 29 October 2025

As Richard Wright takes the reins as chair of the District Councils’ Network, he spoke to Martin ...

REORGANISATION

Local Government Reorganisation dominates DCN chat

By By Kathy O’ Leary | 24 October 2025

The District Council's Network reception may have saw the baton handed to a new chairman, but the...

DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK

DCN: Deprivation key determinant for spending

By Neil Merrick | 20 October 2025

Unitaries with a population more than 350,000 tend to spend more per resident on services but are...

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