Conservative Councillors' Association @CCACllrs
We are the Conservative Councillors' Association (CCA) providing a strong and unified voice for all Conservative councillors.🌳 ✉: [email protected] conservativecouncillors.com CCHQ, London Joined February 2012-
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Cllr David Knight joins the Conservatives Cllr David Knight has today announced that he is joining the Conservative Party, after resigning from Tunbridge Wells Alliance over the summer holidays.
Phase 2 going well Keir?
Phase 2 going well Keir? https://t.co/Wzxo17sGfj
📣Meet the Lords Pleased to announce our *ninth event at Conservative Party Conference 2025. We’ll be hosting the Association of Conservative Peers and the LGA Conservative Group in the CCA Councillors’ Lounge to discuss how we can work together to meet the challenges and…
Read it in ConHome from our Deputy Chair: Do you know a Conservative councillor who deserves an award?👇 🔗conservativehome.com/2025/09/05/cha… @charvernonuk
Fantastic day connecting with fellow Conservative councillors from across the UK at today’s Local Government Association event. The message is clear: Local Government Conservatives always deliver. ✅🇬🇧
🚨Update: He did. peterborough.gov.uk/engagement-hub…
Leicestershire County Council: 20+ years of balanced Conservative budgets. Squandered under Reform, £8.1m over budget in just 4 months. Department of Grim Economics (DOGE)🐶
Leicestershire County Council: 20+ years of balanced Conservative budgets. Squandered under Reform, £8.1m over budget in just 4 months. Department of Grim Economics (DOGE)🐶
Any councillor who has faced a packed village hall will want to hear this. 👉How to Sell Housing🏡 📍Tuesday 7th October 2025, 15:30-16:30, CCA Lounge, Conservative Party Conference 2025; Manchester Central.
Any councillor who has faced a packed village hall will want to hear this. 👉How to Sell Housing🏡 📍Tuesday 7th October 2025, 15:30-16:30, CCA Lounge, Conservative Party Conference 2025; Manchester Central.
Eight events. Dozens of excellent speakers. The best place to connect with fellow Conservative councillors. We’re proud to announce this year’s CCA conference line-up.👇 🏆CCA Drinks Reception including the CCA Awards ⬆Conservatives in Local Government 🔷Becoming a Councillor…
💪Just one local government by-election today. Thank you Roger for your hard work!🇬🇧 ✅Roger Nichols in Stopsley, Luton 🗳#VoteConservative
First of our regular meetings with @JamesCleverly @GarethBaconMP and the shadow team with @LGACons @CCACllrs
We've never seen a better bowler than Sadiq Khan - 149 TfL strikes and counting! Londoners deserve better than the chaos and disruption that unions are threatening to cause next week.
Vote Labour, get trash.

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