Membership is open to Town, Parish or Community Councils or Parish Meetings.  Being a Member gives your Councillors and Clerk direct access to a range of expert advice, support and services specifically for the Parish sector.  

Membership Benefits 2025/2026

For further information about joining your County Association please email  office@cambs-peterborough-alc.gov.uk

 

 

 

 The SAPPP (JPAG) Practitioners Guide 2025 will be released soon!

 

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has informed NALC of an increase in the Section 137 expenditure limit for parish and town councils in England for the 2025/26 financial year. The new limit is £11.10 per elector, up from £10.81 in 2024/25.

The increase reflects the percentage rise in the retail price index between September 2023 and September 2024, in accordance with Schedule 12B of the Local Government Act 1972. Section 137 of the Act allows parish and town councils to incur expenditures for purposes that benefit their communities when no specific statutory power is available.

Adjusting the expenditure limit will enable parish and town councils to allocate funds to projects that support local communities, ranging from small infrastructure improvements to community welfare initiatives.

 

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 local (parish and town) councils in England for 2024/25 is £10.81

The amount is a result of increasing the amount of £9.93 for 2023/24 by the percentage increase in the retail index between September 2022 and September 2023 under Schedule 12B to the 1972 Act.

 

 

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Would you like to run your own Local Care Business?

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NALC endorses a statement in support and solidarity with peers in Ukraine

The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has joined the Local Government Association (LGA) in endorsing a statement from the political leadership of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), which strongly condemns the multiple attacks and violations of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. 

CEMR’s statement was published on 24 February 2022 and strongly condemns the multiple attacks and violations of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. The statement also expresses full support and solidarity to the Ukrainian people and their peers in local and regional government.

NALC has joined the LGA in supporting CEMR’s call on local and regional governments throughout Europe to endorse the statement, which any councillor can sign.

More detail from NALC  

 

The Local Government Association have published supporting guidance which is aimed to help understanding and consistency of approach towards the new model code of conduct. The code, together with the guidance, has been designed to protect our democratic role, encourage good conduct, and safeguard the public’s trust and confidence in the role of councillor in local government.

Code of Conduct 2020 

Code of Conduct 2021 Guidance 

 

Each year approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health condition and at least 1 in 6 employees experience common mental health problems in the workplace. 

How to support mental health at work publication

13 May 2020

 

CAPALC is now Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Association of Local Councils Limited. On 4 May 2020 Companies House approved our incorporation as a company limited by guarantee, company number 12585308.

This means that CAPALC has a proper legal status that enables it to employ staff and enter into contracts. The former board members have become the directors of the new company and will be free to make decisions in the best interests of the company and its shareholders, without having to worry about personal liability.

Once our 2019-2020 accounts are finalised the old CAPALC will be wound up and all its interests transferred to CAPALC Ltd. This is likely to happen in the next month.

In practice this will make little difference to our operation and to our members. The main change for our members is that any theoretical liability is now capped at £1 which will be reserved from the membership subscription.

I would like to thank all our members for their support and look forward to providing new and better services.

Henry Clark

Chairman