levelling up
28 Nov 2022
Ministers are yet to appoint any of promised 12 new ‘levelling up’ tsars
Daily Mail reports that the Government is still yet to appoint any of its promised 12 new ‘levelling up’ tsars despite applications closing more than six months ago Baroness Scott...
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28 Nov 2022
Levelling Up: Missions and Metrics – Analysis of Mission 7
Levelling Up: Missions and Metrics “The Levelling Up White Paper sets out twelve missions that support key levelling up objectives. These outline the medium-term ambition for the UK Government and...
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21 Nov 2022
North Yorkshire to tackle rise in second homes with council tax premium
As reported in the Guardian Seaside towns of Scarborough and Whitby will be among first in England to double council tax under changes enabled through the levelling up bill currently going...
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14 Nov 2022
Levelling Up Rural Britain Debate
Wednesday 9th November saw a Backbench debate in the House of Commons on Levelling Up Rural Britain, introduced by Selaine Saxby MP from North Devon who opened the session by...
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14 Nov 2022
Rural areas are being failed by the Government
Shropshire Star reports how a Shropshire MP has warned that rural areas are at risk of being left behind due to government “neglect” and a Levelling Up policy that does not...
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31 Oct 2022
A new leadership for rural?
Blog Post by Kerry Booth, Chief Executive Designate of RSN As we prepare again at the RSN to write to the new group of Ministers, setting out the case for...
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31 Oct 2022
Call to give Suffolk £3.7billion for better transport, internet and affordable homes
East Anglian Daily Times reports that a Suffolk MP has given the government’s plan to ‘level up’ rural communities a B grade, saying “we need to keep up the pressure”...
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18 Oct 2022
Levelling Up: Missions and Metrics – Analysis of Mission 4
Levelling Up: Missions and Metrics “The Levelling Up White Paper sets out twelve missions that support key levelling up objectives. These outline the medium-term ambition for the UK Government and...
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17 Oct 2022
North councils spend millions to get Levelling Up grants
The BBC reports that Councils in the north of England have spent millions of pounds preparing bids for government Levelling Up grants Freedom of Information requests by them reveal 22 councils...
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17 Oct 2022
Inquiry into the cost-of-living crisis in rural areas
Darlington and Stockton Times reports the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse has this week issued a call for evidence to establish the effects the...
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