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National Association of Local Councils' (NALC) Communities Can conference on 2 December 2015 showed how local (parish and town) councils are using regeneration to play a role in the economic development of their town centres in a time of financial challenges and opportunities.
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This week we are celebrating the recent achievemnt of Bishop Auckland Town Council – the first in County Durham to receive official "Dementia Friendly" status recognition from the Alzheimer's Society.
Parishes across Buckinghamshire are being urged to work together and more closely with the county council to serve residents.
While this is a challenging spending review for local government, it is encouraging to see measures aimed at supporting devolution, however the devil will be in the detail.
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This week’s council of the week is Westfield Parish Council in Avon, the first council in the county to be awarded the Local Council Award Scheme Quality Award.
The government confirmed that there must be a role for parishes and communities within combined principal local authorities devolution deals.
The National Association of Local Council's All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Local Democracy met on 18 November 2015 and held an evidence session on devolution where it agreed that far more power, services and assets should be devolved to parishes as part of the government’s devolution agenda.
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It has been an exciting twelve months for Necton Parish Council. A village of just over 2,000 residents, situated in West Norfolk, Necton has eight elected councillors and employs a part-time clerk and village handyman.
The government's minister for the 'northern powerhouse’, James Wharton MP, will address a cross-party group of MPs and Peers.
NALC Policy Committee met on 3 November 2015 and urged the Chancellor to continue to exempt parish councils from referendum principles in his Autumn Statement and Spending Review on 25 November 2015.
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National Association of Local Councils (NALC) Annual Conference held from 27 October 2015 to 28 October 2015, saw a direction for putting local (parish and town) councils and communities more in control of how their lives are run and public services delivered to them.
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has announced the winners for its Star Councils Awards.
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) minister, Marcus Jones MP told the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) Annual Conference on 27 October 2015 that the Government has ambitious plans for a devolution revolution, which include Devolution Deals, but stressed that this not just for principal authorities. He said that parish councils have a key role to play and they should be speaking to their principal authorities about opportunities for further powers and functions to be devolved.
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) and the Society of Local Council Clerks (SLCC) on 23 October 2015 issued guidance in light of the significant changes to workplace pensions that have taken place.
The NALC Larger Councils’ Committee called again for an exemption from business rate payment on public conveniences owned and managed by parish councils, at its recent meeting on 20 October 2015.
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The new chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group wants very real devolution.
The Sector Led Body for Smaller Local Authority Audit (SLB) is seeking to appoint its first ever chair.
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has demanded that the Government puts a halt to its closure plans of local courts.
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The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has demanded that Government’s devolution plans must include communities, neighbourhoods and parishes through the publication of its Devo Local paper.
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) on 9 October 2015 demanded that Government’s devolution plans must include communities, neighbourhoods and parishes through the publication of its Devo Local paper.
The NALC Sustainable Communities Board met on 11 September and Cllr Derek Liddell was re-elected as Board Chairman for 2015-16. The Board agreed to re-submit the Burton on the Wolds (Leics.) Parish Council proposal to DCLG on asking for non-councillors to have voting rights on Neighbourhood Planning Committees (as they currently do for tourism, land, festival and harbour management committees) – under the Parish and Community Councils (Committees) Regulations, 1990.
DCLG has recently published a short, informative paper promoting the involvement of parish councils in Devolution Deals.
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The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has today (30th September) announced the finalists for its Star Councils Awards.
This week we are celebrating the work and achievements of Lydney Town Council (LTC), a forward thinking and proactive Council in Gloucestershire.
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This week, we’re celebrating the work of Murton Parish Council, a former mining village in County Durham.
With the first round of judging over, NALC is pleased to reveal and congratulate all those that have made it onto the longlist of this year’s Star Council awards.
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This year a record breaking 1,582 parks and green spaces were awarded the prestigious, international Green Flag Award.
This week, we would like to celebrate the work and recent accomplishments of a small rural parish in Shropshire that is punching above its weight.
Over many years there has been much discussion about whether the Association’s members should be individual councils organised through County Associations or whether it should become a federation of County Association members. This proposal was most recently made in a motion to last year’s AGM by Northamptonshire CALC which was defeated by 54 to 24 votes.
Today (1 September 2015) the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has launched its new multi-million pound ‘transparency fund’ to help thousands of small parish councils meet new audit and transparency rules and join the digital age.
NALC successfully persuaded the Government to provide financial assistance to smaller sized parish councils to help them become web-enabled and comply with new rules on publishing information about their work and finances.
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This week, we would like to congratulate a rural parish in County Durham on a significant recent achievement. Through an enormous amount of hard work and with tenacity and determination, Cornsay Parish Council has secured funding to complete a project that will have a profound and lasting impact on its community.
This week, we are celebrating the recent hard work and achievements of Newport Pagnell Town Council, in Milton Keynes.
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This week’s council of the week is one that can be commended for its fantastic provision and improvement of facilities and initiatives for its community.
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) is encouraging all local (parish and town) councils, neighbourhoods and communities to enter The...
Media Watch is a weekly round-up of the latest major stories on the local (parish and town) council sector.
Media Watch is a weekly round-up of the latest major stories on the local (parish and town) council sector.
Half a million people in communities right across the country are to benefit from new funding and advice this year thanks to their local parish and town councils.
Details of a £5m fund to conserve and protect war memorials were revealed by Prime Minister David Cameron and Culture Secretary, Sajid Javid MP.