Rural Review of Government place based funds – Towns Fund, Levelling Up Fund, Community Renewal Fund, Shared Prosperity Fund
The Government has announced a number of funds designed to target support where it is needed most. The Rural Services Network has considered these funds as part if it’s RURAL LENS series of work where we consider Government Publications and Inititiaves through a Rural Lens, to explore how well they consider rural areas and service delivery in rural areas.
RSN Review – Bus Back Better
The Rural Services Network has put together a first review of the new Bus Back Better: National Bus Strategy for England, launched by the Government last week
Project Gigabit
The Government announced last week ‘Project Gigabit’ which will be launching in April, bringing together everything the government is doing to enable and deliver digital connectivity for the entire country
White Paper on fire services reform
The Home Secretary in a Statement on 16th March entitled “Concluding Part One of the Police and Crime Commissioner Review” states that a consultative White Paper on fire services reform will be published later this year
Government hands English tourism hotspots £56m ‘welcome back’ boost
The Government has announced a ‘Welcome Back Fund’ for English tourism and seaside resorts, to support under funding Housing and Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick MP announced a £56m package to help coastal towns and high streets to reopen as COVID-19 restrictions are eased. The money will allow local councils (no details of which or how […]
10 rural areas with the biggest property price increase in the UK
Rural property prices are at ‘an all-time high’, as Britons moved out of city apartments to escape to the country in lockdown this year
