October Edition

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New mapping opportunities available for local councils
Published : 01 October 2009

The National Association of Local Councils has joined forces with Ordnance Survey to extend the BOLD (the benefits of licensed data) campaign ... read more

New rights for families
Published : 01 October 2009

Families are set to benefit from new leave rights that will give more choice and flexibility to parents as to how they use maternity and paternity ... read more

Protecting the public purse
Published : 01 October 2009

In a new report, the Audit Commission says that councils can do more to tackle fraud. According to Protecting the public purse - local government ... read more

Putting £4 million worth of squelch back into the countryside (not Wales)
Published : 01 October 2009

Swathes of England's lost or degraded wetlands will be restored to their boggy beginnings, thanks to £4 million worth of funding from Natural ... read more

Review starts of the National Training Strategy for parish & town councils
Published : 01 October 2009

The National Training Strategy (NTS) was published in 2001 following the Government's Rural White Paper in 2000. The premise on which the NTS ... read more

The Business Rate Supplements Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1) (England) Order 2009 (not Wales)
Published : 01 October 2009

Under section 32 of the Business Rate Supplements Act 2009 (the Act), that section and sections 28 to 31 of the Act came into force on the day ... read more

Tough new powers to tackle uninsured drivers
Published : 01 October 2009

Plans to crack down on the menace of uninsured drivers have been confirmed by Road Safety Minister Paul Clark. The new measures will make it ... read more

Wales could make its own laws to strengthen community & town councils
Published : 01 October 2009

The Welsh Assembly Government has recently proposed that powers be given to Wales to allow the National Assembly to legislate to strengthen the ... read more

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