Media Watch | 26

Media Watch is a weekly round-up of the latest major stories on the local (parish and town) council sector.

1. NALC responded to last week’s Summer Budget 2015 by arguing that in all discussions around devolution and decentralisation that the ‘localist powerhouses’ of parish and town councils must be at the heart of these talks.

   • The Guardian

   • BBC

   • Local Government Executive

2. NALC’s head of policy and development, Justin Griggs in an opinion piece claims that the government should add power to parishes in its Cities and Devoluton Bill