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Click here to view demo The Bribery Act 2010 is among the strictest legislation internationally on bribery. It is now possible to charge organisations if it is found they failed to prevent bribery, and to charge individuals who are found guilty of bribing or being bribed. Knowing exactly what is […]
Click here to view demo The Bribery Act 2010 is among the strictest legislation internationally on bribery. It is now possible to charge organisations if it is found they failed to prevent bribery, and to charge individuals who are found guilty of bribing or being bribed. Knowing exactly what is […]
Why become a Parish or Town Councillor? As a councillor you can become a voice for your community and affect real change. Councillors are community leaders and represent the aspirations of the public that they serve. Parish, town, community and neighbourhood councillors are the most local part of our democratic […]
Council Powers A local council is a statutory local authority in its own right, having a fairly wide variety of powers conferred by many statues. A local council, being at grass roots level, has an important role in the local government field, representing the community which it is elected to […]
This page contains useful links to sources of information General Links National Association of Local Councils (NALC) Society of Local Council Clerks (SLCC) Hertfordshire County Council Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Information Commissioner GOV.UK Royal Society for the prevention of accidents Planning When is permission required? – […]
What next for localism? Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies – Document Retention Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS) is the county record office and local studies library for the historic county of Hertfordshire and forms part of the Heritage Services department of Hertfordshire County Council. Holdings include collections of local, […]
Parish, Community and Town Councils are the first tier of Local Government, collectively referred to as local councils, with discretionary legal powers to provide facilities and services for their communities and represent them to other authorities and bodies. Today there is a trend for more and more decisions to be […]