lol, no worries! 😎

SLCC's democratic leadership team met with their NALC counterparts today to discuss local government finance, civility & respect & plans for joint working on a range of issues such as the job evaluation process, youth engagement & sector representation at Local Government Association (LGA) conference.

Great to meet up with senior colleagues from SLCC today to catch up on the state of local government finances, joint events and promoting each other’s support to local parish and town councils.

Huge thanks Mete Coban MBE Dan Lawes for inviting me & Charlene from Essex Association of Local Councils (our County Association of Year 2023) to this awesome event. Fantastic campaign, more important than ever young people are registered & voting at elections - including parish/town councils! #GiveAnX 🗳️✖️

Nalc chair: Oflog should include parish councils' data lgcplus.com/politics/gover… #localgov #opendata #datagap

Evidence from Keith Stevens Cllr Keith Stevens parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/27… (video)

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee inquiry committees.parliament.uk/work/7836/the-…

@NALC's written evidence committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidenc…

Calling all statisticians interested in communicating! This is a great scheme

The excitement (!) today of starting a new notebook as baton handed from LGA Independent Group to LGA Lib Dems 📝 (ps—LGA Labour & LGA Conservatives I’d be happy to use yours next 👍)

🌎 Happy Earth Day!

Let’s come together to honour and protect our incredible planet. From small acts of conservation to advocating for sustainability, every action counts.

Find out about NALC’s climate change work 👇
nalc.gov.uk/our-work/clima…

In my spot (& what a spot it is!) volunteering with Plumstead Runners at today’s #LondonMarathon

Was my turn to chair this week’s fortnightly call w/ county association colleagues. Steve Parkinson from Parkinson Partnership briefed on proposed updates to model financial regs (one of @nalc most used resources!). Future meetings, peer challenge & SAAA report also covered.

☕️ Grab a coffee (or a beer!) and read this brilliant piece about the challenges of community pub ownership written by Jacob Smith. It includes a focus on The Fox and Hounds, Ennerdale in #Lakeland , with our data + an interview with our Head of Policy & Comms Chris Cowcher

Any FTSE execs involved in parish and town councils do let @nalc know. If you haven’t got involved with your local council find out how here, even if not a FTSE exec! nalc.gov.uk/makeachange

‼️ @nalc parish/town councils 👇

📝 NALC's NALCchiefexec bulletin is out now! This week's items included NALC's fortnightly county officers call, the government report on devolution, and more on local government finance.

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nalc.gov.uk/nalc-newsletter