Is Bolsover council under DCC

[Old Cruser]

This has been brought to my attention re-  a number of councils calling to the government for an end to the bedroom tax.
I notice NEDDC is on High peak and Bolsover but not DCC - would it be a councillor from Bolsover representing DCC who attended?

Need to scroll down to see the list of council who attended the summit


http://www.24dash.com/news/local_government/2013-06-11-36-councils-call-on-government-to-abolish-bedroom-tax

[therealjr]

DCC have no input into housing as such so its unlikely they would add their name to such a call.
Surprised CBC is not on there though. Slacker?

[Old Cruser]

Sorry JR I suppose I meant CBC - doesn't take long for me to get confused 
I was also thinking that CBC maybe ought to have had a rep there.
I wasn't sure if Bolsover came under CBC - didn't it used to be NED?

[therealjr]

CBC, NEDDC and BDC have all existed independently of each other since 1974.
There was a campaign in the early 90's when the government were looking into re-organisation to merge the 3 authorities into one Unitary authority to look after all aspects of Local Government.

[Old Cruser]

Okiedokie thanks JR - so as you said CBC didn't attend !!

[Fly]

NEDDC and BDC now sharing certain parts of things, just to confuse you further LOL

[therealjr]

There are indeed various partnership agreements for things like building control and economic development where economies of scale can be achieved.
The trick is staying small enough to truly be a local council that residents can get at and not become just a huge bureaucratic machine whilst being large enough to take on major projects and attract grants

[Big Dave]

My understanding is that NEDDC and BDC have shared senior management and some services are also shared - it seems like a damned good idea to me, can't understand why CBC and NEDDC didn't do it as their offices are across the same car park.

[Slacker]

Not sure why we weren't involved, I'll see what I can find out