levelling up
11 Mar 2024
Spring Budget 2024
The Spring Budget, presented last week by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, has sparked interest and concern among rural communities and their advocates. The Rural Services Network (RSN) has identified areas of...
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04 Mar 2024
Levelling Up?
The Government has recently published a policy paper, which lays out the 12 Levelling Up Missions and the metrics that the Government will use to measure progress against these missions. ...
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05 Feb 2024
Employment of people living in rural and coastal communities
The House of Commons Library recently published a report to inform Westminster Hall debate held on 1 February. The report highlighted that rural and coastal constituencies tend to have different...
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30 Oct 2023
Levelling Up Bill receives Royal Assent: RSN Chief Executive reviews what will it mean for rural
Last week the much-anticipated Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill received Royal Assent. The expected game of Ping-Pong between Houses never occurred and most of the government’s changes to the Lord’s...
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30 Oct 2023
New planning laws come into force with Levelling Up Bill
As the Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill received Royal Assent last week, a raft of new measures came into force which the government says will “put local people at the...
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23 Oct 2023
Rural amendments to Levelling Up Bill rejected
The government’s Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill returned to the House of Commons last week with the Lords’ amendments. These included Lords Amendment 6, proposed by Lord Foster of Bath:...
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16 Oct 2023
Rural Political Analysis: Levelling Up Bill returns to House of Commons
As MPs prepare to review the Lords’ amendments to the Levelling Up Bill, RSN Policy Advisor Graham Biggs has been analysing what it will now mean for rural areas. This...
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19 Sep 2023
RSN National Conference 2023: And we are off!
Our annual conference has started with a bang this year thanks to all our fantastic speakers and delegates. Speaking after the second day, RSN Chief Executive Kerry Booth said: “So...
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14 Aug 2023
Government responds to criticism over levelling up funds
The Government last week published its response to a report by the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee on its Inquiry on Funding for Levelling Up. The Inquiry looked...
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17 Jul 2023
Levelling-Up Bill – Lords agree needs rural proofing
The Government’s Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill was discussed again in the House of Lords last week and this time the issue of rural featured heavily. In two amendments proposed by...
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