Long Service Award for Carolyn for 35 years Clerking
9th of April, 2024Long Service Award to Carolyn for 35 years Carolyn Cross is the Clerk to Charnock Richard Parish Council, Chorley for 35 years and Wrightington Parish Council for just a little less time. The Lancashire Association of Local Councils received q...
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s137 limit for 2024 / 2025
22nd of January, 2024s137 limit for 2024 / 2025 The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has notified the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) that the appropriate sum for section 137(4)(a) of the Local Government Act 1972 (the 1972 Act) for l...
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Internal Auditors! Ever thought of being one?
5th of January, 2024Internal Auditors! Ever thought of being one? LALC has received increased calls for Internal Auditors and Internal Auditing Services. This could indicate there may be a shortage of IAs for our area! Have you thought you may be able to take o...
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Working in Partnership
5th of January, 2024Working in Partnership One of LALCs first tasks when it went through its management change at the start of 2022 was to improve its working relationships with Partners. At the top of the list were Lancashire County Council and the Society of Loc...
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NALC Legal Opinion on Funding Churches
5th of January, 2024NALC Legal Opinion on Funding Churches “Power to fund works to property relating to affairs of the Church or held for an ecclesiastical charity (England only)” In late December NALC issued a new Legal Opinion paper ref: LO2-2...
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