Localism
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Localism Act
The Localism Act received the Royal Assent on 15 November 2011, after eleven months' parliamentary scrutiny. The government also published a Plain English Guide to the Act. The Act aims to free local authorities and local communities by devolving more decision making power to them from central government. It reserves ...
Local Government Finance Reform
The Government is reviewing how local authorities are funded. It is doing this in two parts: part one is the proposal that local councils should retain a greater proportion of the National Non-Domestic Rates, commonly known as business rates; part two relates to proposals on the Community Budget. The proposals ...
Influencing Planning and Development
The government has published the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). It retains all of the key elements of the draft Framework published in July 2011, including: enshrining the local plan - produced by local people - as the keystone of the planning system making planning much simpler and more accessible - ...
Best Value Statutory Guidance
NAVCA and our partners Locality, NCVO and Volunteering England have produced a joint briefing on The Best Value Statutory Guidance and how to use it. A legal briefing on the Guidance is avaliable from our Empowering the Voluntary Sector service. NAVCA, ACEVO and NCVO have written a joint letter to all local authority ...
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