General Sector News

Minister to address Joint Wales Conference

Julie James AM, the Wales Minister for Housing and Local Government will be the keynote speaker at this year’s joint SLCC and One Voice Wales Con...

Published 28 February 2019

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Funding to support joint arrangement in Wales

As part of its commitment to supporting the community council sector the Welsh Government is offering grants towards facilitating interest around j...

Published 21 February 2019

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Select Committee calls for radical overhaul of high streets

A new report published today from the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee, 'High Streets and Town Centres in 2030', sets out...

Published 21 February 2019

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Planning appeal wait could be almost halved

A Government-commissioned review of the planning system has said that changes could be made to ensure the average time for resolving an appeal inqu...

Published 12 February 2019

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Britains Burial Crisis and how to solve it

On Saturday, the Financial Times published an extended article looking at the problem of the growing lack of traditional burial plots in cemeteries...

Published 11 February 2019

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Government announces plans to tackle illegal traveller sites

The Government has set out is plans to make it easier for councils to intervene and remove travellers from land they should not be on.   The fo...

Published 11 February 2019

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Strengthen Ethical Standards Regime: Report Recommends

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Published 1 February 2019

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Community Governance Scholarships 2019 announced

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Published 1 February 2019

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Somerset Wood commemorating the countys WWI fallen seeks support from all parishes

The Somerset Wood is a unique project undertaken by the County Council in partnership with Taunton Deane BC and Cheddon Fitzpaine and West Monkton ...

Published 28 January 2019

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External Examiner praises the SLCC Community Governance Course

Professor Gary Craig, the External Examiner of the Community Governance course, has reported to De Montfort University’s (DMU) Programme Assessme...

Published 25 January 2019

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