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SEP
08

Dementia roadshow meets government minister

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Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Community road show enjoyed a successful visit to Wythall, recently stopping off at Becketts Farm.

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SEP
08

NALC looks ahead to future support for larger councils

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Do you think you have what it takes to represent larger councils on a national scale? Now is your chance…

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AUG
31

NALC declares Star Councils Awards long list

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The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has today (30th August) announced the long list for its Star Councils Awards.

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AUG
22

Ambitions to increase affordable rural housing

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Members of NALC are being invited to support the recently launched National Housing Federation’s 5-star plan for rural housing, which succinctly sets out an ambition to increase the supply of affordable rural homes.

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AUG
11

150 Points of Light shines spotlight on parish power

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An electric car club, a youth centre, a children’s pre-school, a local bus service, providing counselling support and helping young people into work are among examples of activity by local councils in a new document developed by the National Association of Local Councils (NALC).

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AUG
10

Win up to £40k matched funding

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Kompan UK has launched their annual matched funding competition for new play or fitness equipment.

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JUL
28

Media Watch | 59

Media Watch is a weekly round-up of the latest major stories on the local council sector.

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JUL
19

NALC go to Durham on best practice visit

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NALC sent a best practice delegation to find out how Great Aycliffe and Shildon Town Councils are improving quality of life services for residents and visitors to Durham.

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JUL
18

Giving more of a voice to councillors

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De Montfort University’s Local Governance Research unit and The Municipal Journal have published the final report of the Councillor Commission, The Voice of the Councillor , which includes a chapter on England’s 80,000 local (parish and town) councillors.

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JUL
14

Show your love for your park

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Today (14 July) is the start of Love Parks Week and runs through to Sunday 23 July.

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JUL
06

New government must end sidelining of rural issues

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Coalition highlights that ‘rural England is not just about farming and the environment’ and calls for Brexit to be ‘rural-proofed’.

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JUL
05

Where next for localism?

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Local councils are taking on services to fill gaps as principal authorities cut provision, new NALC/LGC research reveals.

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JUN
23

The water market opens up for local councils

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Local (parish and town) council are no longer restricted to buying water services from the regional monopoly. The largest competitive water retail market in the world has opened for business, bringing the biggest change in the water sector since privatisation.

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JUN
12

Learning to be more open and transparent

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At a time when there is more demand for public bodies to be more open and transparent, the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has published a guide for finance and transparency.

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JUN
09

NALC responds to the general election 2017 results

NALC responds to the general election 2017 results

Responding to the general election result Cllr Sue Baxter, chairman of the National Association of Local Councils, said:

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MAY
30

Media Watch | 58

Media Watch is a weekly round-up of the latest major stories on the local council sector.

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MAY
26

NALC wants more local councils to get involved in Volunteers’ Week

NALC wants more local councils to get involved in Volunteers’ Week

The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) is calling for more local councils across England to get involved in Volunteers’ Week, which is running from 1 June - 7 June 2017.

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MAY
18

The Good Councillor's guide to neighbourhood planning – designing the future of local communities

The Good Councillor's guide to neighbourhood planning – designing the future of local communities

National Association of Local Councils (NALC) in association with Locality has published The Good Councillor's guide to neighbourhood planning. This guide is...

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MAY
17

Help NALC find out more about local councils

Help NALC find out more about local councils

National Association of Local Councils (NALC) would argue that the focus of today’s debates in local government tends to be around regional mayors and combined authorities and this is wrong headed because this is about creating new centres of power, which are distant from local communities.

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MAY
09

Battle’s Over – A Nation’s Tribute

Battle’s Over – A Nation’s Tribute

On the 3 August 1914, Britain’s Foreign Minister, Sir Edward Grey, was looking out of his office window. It was dusk, and gas lights were being lit along London’s Mall, leading to Buckingham Palace, when he remarked to a friend, "The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime”. Our country was about to be plunged into the darkness of the First World War, and it would be four long years before Britain and Europe would again experience the light of peace.

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MAY
08

Working together to help protect communities

Working together to help protect communities

The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) and AON continue to act together in providing protection for local councils and communities....

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MAY
05

NALC survey shows local councils have a big environmental role

NALC survey shows local councils have a big environmental role

Local councils are heavily involved with trees and would benefit from greater support, National Association of Local Council's (NALC) recent survey has found.

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MAY
04

NALC calls for business rate localisation to be extended to local councils

NALC calls for business rate localisation to be extended to local councils

The government has been urged to be more local and more radical in its approach to localising business rates in order to help communities fund the growing range of local services provided by local councils.

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MAY
04

Parishing all of England provides key to unlocking people power over housing and planning

Parishing all of England provides key to unlocking people power over housing and planning

Plans to reform the housing and planning system have been welcomed by the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) however England’s...

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APR
28

NALC puts three big questions to parties to answer in general election manifestos

NALC puts three big questions to parties to answer in general election manifestos

The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has urged the political parties to consider how they can best put communities in...

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APR
25

Good Councillors Guide - a route map for local leaders

Good Councillors Guide - a route map for local leaders

At a time when there is changing public sector landscape there are huge opportunities for local people to become local leaders. Whether helping an area to survive the harsh economic climate, protecting services that are under threat, or providing the events, culture and fun that puts the heart into each local community –  local councils have never had a better opportunity to make a difference.

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APR
18

Media Watch | 57

Media Watch | 57

Media Watch is a weekly round-up of the latest major stories on the local council sector. Can local council save public...

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MAR
31

NALC publishes updated Governance and Accountability for Local Councils guide

NALC publishes updated Governance and Accountability for Local Councils guide

On 27 February 2017, Joint Practitioners Advisory Group (JPAG) approved some modest amendments to the wording of Governance and Accountability. The content is not greatly changed, but a minor error affecting parish meetings has been corrected and some of the explanations in part five have been made clearer.

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MAR
30

Smaller Authorities' Audit Appointments finalises procurement process

Smaller Authorities' Audit Appointments finalises procurement process

Smaller Authorities' Audit Appointments (SAAA) has announced that it has successfully concluded the procurement process and has awarded contracts for the...

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MAR
29

Time to connect power to neighbourhoods

Time to connect power to neighbourhoods

England’s 10,000 local councils descended on the Houses of Parliament on 28th March in a ‘Lobby Day’ to meet with parliamentarians....

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MAR
27

Sign the new Tree Charter - 10 Principles Announced

Sign the new Tree Charter - 10 Principles Announced

Today sees the launch of the ten principles of the Tree Charter (see below), each principle deals with a different aspect of the relationship between people and trees in modern society. On November 6 2017 guiding articles will be added to these principles, offering expert advice on how each principle may be achieved. These guiding articles will be sourced from the more than 70 organisations involved in the development of the Tree Charter.

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MAR
20

Media Watch | 56

Media Watch is a weekly round-up of the latest major stories on the local council sector.

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MAR
17

NALC launch Star Councils 2017 awards

NALC launch Star Councils 2017 awards

The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) announced on 17 March 2017 that it will once again be running an awards programme this year, as part of its work to recognise the achievements of the local (parish and town) council sector.

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MAR
08

Continuing austerity will make local councils deliver more

Continuing austerity will make local councils deliver more

NALC predicts that further tightening in government funding to principal authorities will see local councils doing more so leading to increases in their small share of council tax (precept).

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MAR
03

Financial austerity is making local councils deliver more

Financial austerity is making local councils deliver more

Ahead of the Budget 2017, NALC predicts that further reductions in central government funding to principal local government will see local councils doing more so leading to increases in their small share of council tax (precept).

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MAR
03

Time to connect power to communities

Time to connect power to communities

England’s 10,000 local (parish and town) councils are marching on the Houses of Parliament on 28th March in a ‘Lobby Day’ to meet with parliamentarians.

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MAR
02

Going digital first

Going digital first

NALC has announced the date for this year’s Digital Councils event. It is going to be on Thursday 25 May in London.

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MAR
01

Council Spotlight: Newport Pagnell Town Council

Council Spotlight: Newport Pagnell Town Council

Newport Pagnell Town Council runs five allotment sites, three community centres, and has a large leisure portfolio, including a swimming pool, sports and leisure facility, and a new £1.1m fitness suite, attached to the swimming pool. The council are also just about to take on the Newport Pagnell Youth Club under the Community Asset Transfer Scheme from our principal authority.

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FEB
28

Increase spending for local councils

Increase spending for local councils

The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has informed the NALC that the appropriate sum for the purpose of section...

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FEB
20

Media Watch | 56

Media Watch is a weekly round-up of the latest major stories on the local council sector.   Rural areas are falling...

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FEB
16

Plotting a way to devolution

NALC has published its own guide to help local councils through the complexities of devolution. It is called the Devo Plus...

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FEB
16

NALC’s Good Councillors spring conference 2017

NALC’s Good Councillors spring conference 2017

NALC has launched its first ever spring event called the Good Councillors conference. It is being held on 26 April at AON, Farnborough, Hampshire.

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FEB
16

Local councils are filling in the gaps

Local councils are filling in the gaps

New recruits are joining the growing ranks of Devon County Council’s community road wardens.

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FEB
06

Neighbourhood planning is delivering for local people

Neighbourhood planning is delivering for local people

NALC and the APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group) on Local Democracy partnered with Civic Voice and the APPG for Civic Societies to deliver a debate on neighbourhood planning.

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FEB
06

Win an Apple iPad Mini! - NALC Tree Charter Survey

Win an Apple iPad Mini! - NALC Tree Charter Survey

This year NALC has partnered with more than 50 organisations to help launch a new Charter for Trees, Woods and People on 6 November 2017.

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FEB
03

NALC supports plans for further public scrutiny of parishes

NALC supports plans for further public scrutiny of parishes

NALC welcomes the Government’s proposal to extend the remit of the Local Government Ombudsman to local (parish and town) councils set out in the draft Bill Public Service Ombudsman Bill.

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JAN
30

NALC urges government to stand firm on neighbourhood planning

NALC urges government to stand firm on neighbourhood planning

NALC urges the government to stand firm against certain developer forces that seem to want to ride roughshod against the wishes of communities.

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JAN
27

NALC calls for parish polls rules to be in force now

NALC calls for parish polls rules to be in force now

NALC welcomes the Government’s proposals to modernise the process for holding parish polls and bring them in line with other electoral arrangements. 

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JAN
18

NALC supports government move for easing financial convenience for communities

NALC supports government move for easing financial convenience for communities

NALC supports moves by the Government to ease the financial burden on communities by the introduction of discretionary business rates relief on public toilets owned by local authorities.

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JAN
17

Council Spotlight: Bradwell Parish Council

Council Spotlight: Bradwell Parish Council

Bradwell Parish Council in Derbyshire has a population of 1,400 with a precept of £43,577 but this small local council has been punching well above its weight.

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