LOCAL COUNCILS WIN NEW COMMUNITY POWERS

Town and parish councils are to be given powers to submit proposals directly under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007, the Government has announced.

KICK-STARTING A CAMPAIGN ON LOCAL COUNCIL FINANCE

Rory Stewart, MP for Penrith and the Border, and chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Local Democracy, led a national campaign for local (parish and town) council financing in a packed – standing room only – meeting of the APPG for Local Democracy.

COUNCILS CAN KEEP NEIGHBOURHOOD CIL CASH

Local planning authorities will be able to retain receipts from a new development tariff if both parties agree on infrastructure priorities, according to updated guidance.

BOURNE TOWN COUNCIL PLEA TO 'REUSE' OLD GRAVES

A council running out of burial space calls on the government to allow it to reuse graves.

Is this a real right?

Maeve Broderick examines whether the new Community Right to Challenge is going to make a difference.

Putting Communities First 2013 Conferences

The National Association of Local Councils is to hold three one-day conferences on how local (parish and town) councils can help the lives of communities through leadership and service delivery.

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