funding
08 Mar 2021
Shropshire Council motion on Rural Fair Funding and levelling up
Shropshire Council debated a motion on 25th February which set out details of the imbalance of funding between rural and urban councils The motion asked the Council to instruct the...
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08 Mar 2021
UK Budget: the long road to levelling up
Following the chancellor’s delivery of the budget, papers including the Guardian and The Financial Times have reported on calls for the Government to publish the criteria by which £4.8bn of...
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01 Mar 2021
Budget’s case for levelling up rural areas
An article written by Graham Biggs (Chief Executive of the Rural Services Network) has been featured by the The Yorkshire Post and this can be read below. The Rural Services...
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15 Feb 2021
Workplace and home charging schemes get £50m boost
Publications including Fleet News have covered news that changes to the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) could mean that small accommodation businesses, such as B&Bs could benefit from the funding, helping...
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08 Feb 2021
Rural Review of Skills for Jobs – Lifelong learning for opportunity and growth
In the latest of our ‘Through a Rural Lens’ analyses we have reviewed the Government’s recent White Paper “Skills for Jobs: lifelong learning for opportunity and growth” ‘Rural’ does not...
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01 Feb 2021
NICRE – Open call for Research and Innovation
The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE), have recently launched a open Research and Innovation funding call NICRE aims to foster rural enterprise and unlock potential in the UK’s...
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25 Jan 2021
APPG taking up rural concerns with Digital Minister
The Chair of the APPG for Rural Services, Philip Dunne MP, has written to Matt Warman MP, the Minister for Digital Infrastructure in relation to concerns about delivering broadband to...
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18 Jan 2021
Regional leaders describe Northern transport budget cuts as ‘levelling down’
Business news publishing platform Marketing Stockport has reported on calls from regional leaders following the Government’s plans to reduce funding for a number of transport initiatives across Northern England, with...
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04 Jan 2021
Seven councils awarded digital connectivity funding
LocalGov.co.uk has reported that seven councils are set to receive funding from the Local Government Association (LGA) as part of a programme to help boost digital connectivity The LGA’s Digital...
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22 Dec 2020
Still no fair share for rural communities
Last week’s Provisional Settlement for 2021/22 for local government once again means rural residents paying more in Council Tax (per head) than their urban counterparts. The Government’s policies show rural...
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