CCN survey shows support for hybrid council meetings

20 May 2022
CCN survey shows support for hybrid council meetings
Holding some council meetings online and some in-person would improve diversity, according to respondents of a new County Councils Network survey.
In the report A Hybrid Future, 72 percent of councillors surveyed said that moving to a hybrid model where some meetings are held online and some are held in-person could attract more younger people, ethnic minorities, and women to stand in local elections.
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Eight community projects receive 'levelling up' funding

19 May 2022
Eight community projects receive 'levelling up' funding
Eight community projects across England and Northern Ireland, including aboxing club, historic pub and city farm, are set to be rescued by more than £2.2 million of government levelling up funding.
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Plan to combat fraud in the welfare system unveiled

19 May 2022
Plan to combat fraud in the welfare system unveiled
A new plan to combat fraud in the welfare system outlines how 2,000 trained specialists will review over two million Universal Credit claims over the next five years.
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DCN report recommends integrating council-run leisure and wellbeing services into health systems

17 May 2022
DCN report recommends integrating council-run leisure and wellbeing services into health systems
Fit for the Future - the District Role in Health Wellbeing shows that engagement of just over 1 million of the inactive population of England in a prescribed leisure services programme could, over a ten year period, provide a direct saving to the NHS of £314 million for the cost of treatment.
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