NALC has updated its dedicated webpage on the coronavirus. This includes a blog from BHIB Council Insurance, details on the financial impact survey, updates on holding remote meetings guidance and a range of advice resources. See the updates below: BHIB Councils Insurance BHIB Councils Insurance has shared their latest blog which was pulled together in response to some local […]
Read more ...NALC and the University of Plymouth (UoP) is currently undertaking ground-breaking research on dementia in local (parish and town) councils. Due to the unfortunate COVID-19 crisis and the additional pressures put on local councils, we have decided to extend the deadline to 31 May 2020. NALC and UoP believe that England’s 10,000 local councils play an important role […]
Read more ...The Government has released updated guidelines related to the Coronavirus. As ever, it is important to use official Government advice to inform any actions ordecisions, given the prevalence of unreliable news sources. On Monday afternoon the government released ‘Our plan to rebuild: the UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy’. This gives more detail of new government […]
Read more ...The financial impact on all types of councils has been a particularly hot topic this week, including media coverage on how this is affecting our local (parish and town) councils. BBC News ran a story by its Midlands political editor, Patrick Burns, about Birmingham City Council and Shrewsbury Town Council. This also picked up BBC Radio […]
Read more ...Skegness Town Council are proud to announce that Tower Gardens Pavilion has won the 2020 Regional RICS Social Impact Awards for the Leisure category and will now go forward to the National finals. In the last year Tower Gardens has been completely transformed. The gardens look fantastic and the new building sits perfectly having completely […]
Read more ...Today, NALC has published its report on local (parish and town) council elections after undertaking the first national research of its kind. The purpose of the report was to undertake extensive research and collect a pool of data that gives a better picture of the elections in 2019 that will help NALC shape future campaigns […]
Read more ...Who is affected You could be affected if any of your employees are working from home due to coronavirus (COVID-19), either because: your workplace has closed they are following advice to self-isolate Who is not affected Furloughed workers who are eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Type of equipment, service or supply Mobile phones and […]
Read more ...NALC has updated its dedicated webpage on the coronavirus. This includes a letter to local government on testing from Robert Jenrick MP. See the updates below: Getting tested On 1 May, Robert Jenrick MP, secretary of state for Housing, Communities and Local Government, wrote to all local government employees in England thanking them for their support during the […]
Read more ...As you may all be aware, the campaign to end the toilet tax continues. NALC have requested that we circulate the following link to a NALC / British Toilet Association (BTA) survey to all member councils (https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JQV5RFZ ) asking you to please complete this short evidence survey by end of play tomorrow (1/5) to help […]
Read more ...Letter from the Secretary of State Robert Jenrick thanking town and parish councils for their work during the pandemic. Secretary of State Covid-19 Letter to town and parish councils
Read more ...Huge apologies to those of you whom have tried to access NALC’s financial impact survey since Monday morning having received the LALC E-News last week. The date provided as the extended closing date in the E-News was incorrect and the survey closed on Monday 27th April at 9.00am. I can only apologise to those of […]
Read more ...It has come to light that the discount code shared in the most recent edition of LALC E-News (w/c 20/4/2020) has now expired. Unfortunately we were not advised of any expiry date, so apologies to those of you that have tried to subscribe for £4.99 per month and haven’t been able to. The information provided […]
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