General Sector News

National Conference – Special Day Rates for Smaller Councils

National Conference is changing with ever more emphasis on interactive participation, networking and learning opportunities. SLCC’s flagship even...

Published 2 July 2019

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Explaining the benefits of Conferences to your Council

A number of members have mentioned to us that their, generally smaller, councils are reluctant to authorise the cost of their clerk attending confe...

Published 2 July 2019

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Childrens Funeral Fund – Stakeholder Briefing

Earlier this year the Prime Minister announced the establishment of a Children’s Funeral Fund for England (CFF). Under the scheme, bereaved paren...

Published 2 July 2019

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Publicise Your Community

SLCC is currently preparing its popular wall calendar for next year 2020/21. To offer a slightly different image to the past we would like to featu...

Published 1 July 2019

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The future of town halls

Local Government News looks at how historic town halls can be restored and reconfigured to unlock their potential to deliver social value and reven...

Published 28 June 2019

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Housing for older and disabled people: new planning guidance

The government has today published new planning practice guidance (PPG) on housing for older and disabled people. It seeks to guide planning author...

Published 28 June 2019

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Workshop at Edge Hill University – “The Future of The High Street”

The High Street in many towns is in decline with everything seeming to be going from bad to worse. However, Professor Kim Cassidy at Edge Hill Univ...

Published 28 June 2019

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SLCC and NALC Leadership teams meet

The Leadership teams of SLCC and the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) held the latest of their regular meetings in London last week. R...

Published 28 June 2019

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Rural post office subsidy to continue

Post office minister, Kelly Tolhurst MP, has pledged before the House of Commons' Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy select committee earlier...

Published 27 June 2019

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Councils save over one billion pounds by sharing services, council chiefs say

More than a billion pounds of taxpayers’ money has been saved by principal councils sharing services, the Local Government Association has calcul...

Published 27 June 2019

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