Tech funding to help combat rural isolation
Organisations are being invited to apply for a share of up to £250,000 to develop technologies that combat rural isolation. The GovTech Catalyst initiative from Innovate UK aims to support isolated people in rural communities through digital technologies and transport solutions. It is seeking to invest the money in projects that combat digital exclusion and a […]
Concerns at ‘leniency’ towards rural crime
Prosecutions of rural crime and the sentences given do not act as a suitable deterrent, the solicitor general for England and Wales has been told. The warning was issued by the National Farmers Union during a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Rural Crime. At the meeting, the NFU told solicitor general Robert Buckland QC […]
