Rural dismay at funding settlement
The Rural Services Network has slammed the government’s provisional funding settlement for local authorities. Rural communities will be severely disadvantaged by the settlement, which covers proposed local authority funding for 2017 and 2018, says the network. The funding announcement was made by Communities Secretary Sajid Javidwas made by Communities Secretary Sajid Javid on Thursday (15 December). […]
Rural dismay at local government funding announcement
The Rural Services Network – which represents more than 250 local authorities and organisations in rural areas [1] – has called for urgent talks following publication of the government’s provisional funding settlement for local authorities [2].
UK mobile coverage ‘worse than Albania’
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