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Media Watch | 51
Media Watch is a weekly round-up of the latest major stories on the local council sector.
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NALC was quoted in a Financial Times piece on 9 August 2016 pointing out the the Community Infratructure Levy (CIL) needs to be introduced in more councils. It noted that CIL was "forecast to raise £732m by its third year but in fact only raised “over £100m” in England and Wales in 2014/15" (via The Financial Times)
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An interesting article on the developing effectiveness of neighbourhood planning in a highly influential in-house Conservative blog site (via Conservative Home)
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A supportive blog about NALC’s Create A Council campaign (via My Community)
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Could Deptford become the second ever parish council in London for over 60 years (via South London Press)
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Professor Jane Wills of London University has written a very supportive book on NALC’s localism campaigns (via Policy Press)