New UK Government and a one-year spending review
Whilst media headlines have naturally focussed on the new prime minister’s plans for Brexit, the formation of a new government also has implications for local government funding It has now been confirmed that there will be a one-year spending review covering 2020-21, and a multi-year spending review will be held in 2020 The new Chancellor […]
Drug crime in rural communities
Research from the BBC today shows drug crime is increasing in many small towns and villages even as it falls in urban areas National Rural Crime Network (NRCN) Chair Julia Mulligan has given her reaction: “These findings will come as no surprise to anyone in our rural communities who are having to live with the […]
Regional Imbalances in the UK Economy
IED responds to Treasury Committee Regional Imbalances in the UK Economy inquiry The Institute of Economic Development (IED) has published its response to the cross-party Treasury Committee inquiry into Regional Imbalances in the UK Economy. The Committee launched the inquiry last month to examine the nature of regional imbalances in economic growth which currently exist […]
Eight in 10 areas in the UK lack full 4G coverage
Millions of people are at risk of mobile signal blackouts because they live in the four-fifths of UK constituency areas that suffer from patchy 4G mobile coverage, new analysis from Which? reveals. The Which? analysis of Ofcom’s Connected Nations data looked at the whole of the UK to see how many areas have 4G mobile […]
Rural crime in Britain hits seven-year high
Several publications, including the Guardian, cover a report released by the insurer NFU Mutual on rural crime The annual report details that rural crime has hit a seven-year high, costing the UK £50 million in 2018, up 12 per cent on the previous year. The insurer said that farmers were targeted and left to deal […]
Business leaders call on PM for further devolution
The Business Desk reports that business leaders in the north of England have called on the Prime Minister to ‘kick-start’ devolution One hundred business leaders have signed the ‘Devo 100’ letter demanding that powers are transferred from Whitehall to elected mayors and local leaders to ‘energise the economic vision of the Northern Powerhouse’. The Northern […]
First UK ‘sandscaping’ exercise to save coastal homes
A giant sand dune is being built on England’s east coast to save 400 homes from storm surges, according to Reuters Engineers said that this is the first occasion ‘sandscaping’ has been used in the UK to mitigate the effects of climate change. Roughly 1.8 million cubic metres of sand are being dredged and pumped […]
