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It’s Council Clerk Week!
Finally the many Council Clerks around the country have a chance to be formally recognised. Around the world Clerks are the lynchpin around which local communities revolve. These unsung and often shy heroes deliver the policies of elected representatives and make things happen. So Councils, bang the tambourines for your Clerks, print out the posters,
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Clear Utility Solutions Members Benefit Update
Clear Utility Solutions have saved over half a millions pounds of public money and prevented 690,000 kg of CO2e emissions across England with their council scheme since creation just over 3 years ago, the scheme has gone from strength to strength with Clear Utility Solutions with recent expansion of the scheme across the east of
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Coronation of HRH King Charles III and HRH Queen Camilla
Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Association of Local Councils look forward to joining our neighbours in celebrating the coronation of HRH King Charles III and HRH Queen Camilla over a weekend of celebration, community and acknowledgement. For information on the weekends events go to Coronation – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Photo credit Chris Jackson
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Want to be crowned Council of the Year?
Message from NALC Attention all local (parish and town) councils! Are you ready to stand out and raise the bar for your sector? NALC’s Council of the Year award calls for outstanding work in service delivery, service impact, community engagement, partnerships, and collaborative working. It’s your chance to shine! The winner of this prestigious award
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NACO CORONATION NEWS
We are embarking on a week that involves local elections for many and Coronation celebrations for us all. Bunting and flags are beginning to appear across the country and this is a brief message from NACO to all its members to wish you well through this busy time. If you have a moment, it’s not too late
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Standards matter, be vigilant. Suzie Meets The King!
Dear Colleagues Yesterday and the reason for a days delay in this update, Paul Hodson as chair of NALC’s larger councils and I, attended NALC’s first in person conference since the pandemic. The title was Standards Matter. It was a lively and energised group of councillors and officers who joined us to hear from a
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Buckingham Mark Holocaust Memorial Day
Buckingham Town Council commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day on Friday 27th January 2023 with a special service to remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, and the millions of people killed under Nazi persecution of other groups, and in the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur. The ceremony took place around
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Support for EDM urging Government to revisit Standards in Public Life
BMKALC urges all members to consider supporting Dr Julian Lewis, MP for New Forest East, who has tabled a NEW early day motion (EDM) calling on the Government to re-visit its response to the Committee on Standards in Public Life report on local government ethical standards, including the introduction of tougher sanctions to deal with poor
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The View from our Window w/e 11 November 2022
With only my yew trees and accusatory green from the ivy scrambling up the skeletons of others (that’s a job for the weekend!), I am reminded that we are well established into November and that consequently our AGM is imminent! The link to register is at the top of the page. In case you are
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