funding
17 Jun 2019
Money shouldn’t be invested in ‘inefficient’ schools
Schools Minister Lord Agnew has said that the Government should not pour money into ‘inefficient’ schools, according to Tes Addressing the Confederation of Schools Trusts’ summer conference last week, he...
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03 Jun 2019
Post Office funding crisis
As part of its campaign to protect Britain’s post office network, the Daily Mail covers the news that fees paid to sub-postmasters to provide essential services have dropped by £112...
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03 Jun 2019
Councils spend millions on empty buildings
A report by the TaxPayers’ Alliance has found that councils around the UK have spent £74 million over the last two years maintaining more than 6,000 empty buildings, reports the...
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28 May 2019
Coalition presses Treasury on rural funding
The Farmers Guardian covers the news that a coalition of rural organisations has written to Chief Secretary of the Treasury Liz Truss asking for changes ahead of the Comprehensive Spending...
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23 Apr 2019
What could your community do with £5,000?
With just over two weeks left until applications close, rural communities off the mains gas grid are being encouraged to submit their applications to the Calor Rural Community Fund, for...
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23 Apr 2019
Rural councils concerned over recycling funding
Councillors from the rural North Yorkshire Council have published a report questioning how funding for rural and urban authorities will be divided by the Government’s Resources and Waste Strategy, as...
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15 Apr 2019
Attack launched on fair funding review
During Prime Minister’s Questions last week, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said that the current fair funding formula ‘will make poorer areas even poorer’ and claimed the Prime Minister had ‘pushed...
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18 Mar 2019
New funding burdens to be reviewed by Government
The MJ this week reports that the issue of new funding responsibilities placed on councils was raised by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee. The Committee questioned Local Government...
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04 Mar 2019
Councils selling public spaces to cover costs
An investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ), the results of which have been published by HuffPost UK, has found that local councils across the country are selling off...
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04 Mar 2019
Schools ‘at breaking point’ over funding
Tes and the Shropshire Star report that rural schools are facing critical budget deficits because of the Government’s National Funding Formula. In Yorkshire a survey of 38 schools found that...
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