Councils urged to revive county day celebrations New Government guidance for English local authorities urges them to revive historic county day celebrations, fly their county flags, and erect sign... Published 23 April 2019 Read More
Councils warned against metric traffic signs The Daily Telegraph reports that Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, has written to highway authorities to remind them of 2016 guidance setting ou... Published 23 April 2019 Read More
Potholes spark fall in cyclist numbers The Sunday Times reports that Sport England has warned that cyclists are abandoning the roads, deterred by potholes, accidents and abuse from motor... Published 23 April 2019 Read More
Voter ID trials coming at local elections The BBC looks at new voter ID trials to be held during the local elections in May, which will see voters in Broxtowe, Craven, Derby, North Kesteven... Published 18 April 2019 Read More
Oxfordshire councils to extend joint working arrangements LocalGov reports that two Oxfordshire councils are considering extending their joint working partnership in a move they hope will trigger a ‘broa... Published 16 April 2019 Read More
Intermediate External Audits All councils in England should by now have received an 'instruction' email from their external auditor. Those councils selected for the '5% samp... Published 3 April 2019 Read More
Members Survey competition winners Many thanks to the 460 members who kindly took the trouble to complete this year’s membership survey, which was a 20% increase on the replies to ... Published 1 April 2019 Read More
Independent high street firms get business rate boost Thousands of independent high street premises are to benefit from business rate cuts from today, under a two year Government scheme that will cut b... Published 1 April 2019 Read More