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DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK

DCN is 'punching above its weight'

As Sam Chapman-Allen’s tenure as chair of the District Councils’ Network (DCN) comes to an end, he talks to Martin Ford about his time in the hotseat

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The past four years has seen tumultuous change across the country, emerging from a global pandemic only to face a financially disastrous mini-Budget, the death of its longest-serving monarch, a cost of living crisis and all-out war on its doorstep.

Against this backdrop, Sam Chapman-Allen took on the mantle as chair of the DCN from Lord John Fuller.

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