General Sector News

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

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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

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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

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NALC Star Council Awards – Clerk of the Year 2019

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Published 8 April 2019

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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

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New Principal Councils come into effect

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Published 2 April 2019

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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

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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

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Increase in National Living Wage

The revised rates for the National Living Wage now apply from 1st April 2019. These are the minimum that all Employers are required to pay per hour...

Published 1 April 2019

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NALC says Charter Trustees have had their day

Charter trustee bodies were created under the Local Government Act, 1972 for the purpose of preserving the Mayoralty and civic heritage of former b...

Published 1 April 2019

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