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Recommended basic hours for part-time clerks
Published : 05 December 2013

SLCC’s National Executive Council has adopted the recommendations of the cross-sector working group which studied the results of the recent ... read more

English parishes given Sustainable Communities Act powers
Published : 05 December 2013

The Sustainable Communities Act 2007 gives local authorities the power to submit proposals about the social, economic and environmental improvements ... read more

Parish Council Precept Statistics (England)
Published : 05 December 2013

For the first time the Department for Communities and Local Government has published Council Tax data on individual parishes, charter trustees ... read more

Community Budgets: Select Committee Report
Published : 05 December 2013

The Communities and Local Government Select Committee has published its report on Community Budgets which will be of interest to all councils ... read more

£3.5 million to tackle rough sleeping
Published : 05 December 2013

Projects helping rough sleepers are to benefit from a multi-million government fund to help ensure that nobody spends more than a night on the ... read more

ACRE Network pays off
Published : 05 December 2013

A £6 million Government investment has enabled England’s 38 rural community councils (RCCs) to pull in an additional £15 million ... read more

Loan fund is a lifeline for village halls
Published : 05 December 2013

More than 60 village halls have undergone facelifts over the past five years, thanks to a unique loan fund managed by ACRE (Action with communities ... read more

Barn conversion plans will damage National Parks
Published : 05 December 2013

Government proposals to make it easier to convert redundant agricultural buildings into homes could lead to the development of huge numbers of ... read more

Digital savings
Published : 05 December 2013

Brandon Lewis, the Local Government Minister, has called on councils to do more to make savings from putting services online. Mr Lewis was speaking ... read more

Simply making planning easier
Published : 05 December 2013

Unnecessary red tape that is no longer needed and which adds to the cost of providing new houses and enterprise will be cut as part of the Red ... read more

More government land for self-build housing released
Published : 05 December 2013

Aspiring self-builders will have the chance to realise their ambitions thanks to four new sites that are being released by the Homes and Communities ... read more

No second night on the streets
Published : 05 December 2013

Projects helping rough sleepers are to benefit from a multi-million government fund to help ensure no-one spends more than a night on the streets, ... read more

New night flights regime
Published : 05 December 2013

This is a second stage consultation which seeks views on the proposals for a new night flights regime at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted. The ... read more

Maximum speed limit for tractors on public roads
Published : 05 December 2013

This consultation seeks views on options for increasing the maximum speed limit for conventional tractors in Great Britain, following recommendations ... read more

Transforming the Highways Agency
Published : 05 December 2013

Proposals for setting up the Highways Agency as a new government-owned company responsible for operating, managing and improving the strategic ... read more

Rents for social housing from 2015 to 2016
Published : 05 December 2013

Section 197 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 gives the Secretary of State certain powers to direct the social housing regulator to set ... read more

Calls for Evidence: Agriculture and Fisheries
Published : 05 December 2013

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published two Calls for Evidence on the impact of European Union powers on ... read more

The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 8) Order 2013. SI2013/2871
Published : 05 December 2013

Diana Choulerton Elizabeth Wendy Farr Sarah Hubbard Christine Moira Malone Michael Anthony Pennington Gaynor Elizabeth Roberts read more

Environment Research Council
Published : 05 December 2013

Sir Anthony Cleaver has been appointed chairman of the Natural Environment Research Council. He will succeed Ed Wallis, who steps down at the ... read more

SLCC elects new president
Published : 05 December 2013

Duncan Wright, the Town Clerk of Hatfield in Yorkshire and former national Treasurer, was duly elected President for 2013/14 at the Society’s ... read more

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