levelling up
20 Jun 2022
‘Hidden region’: rural England forgotten in Government’s Levelling Up White Paper
20th June 2022: Were England’s rural communities a distinct region, their need for Levelling Up would be greater than that of any other part of the country, according to new...
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23 May 2022
Digital planning moves closer to reality
Pinsent and Mason’s reports that the digitisation of the planning process in England has moved a step closer with the recent publication of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, which...
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09 May 2022
What could be in this year’s Queen’s Speech relevant to rural areas?
The State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday 11 May, marks the formal start of the parliamentary year. During the ceremony, the Queen’s Speech allows the Government to set out its...
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09 May 2022
Levelling up just got tougher, says Michael Gove
The BBC report that Michael Gove, the cabinet minister for levelling up, has said rising prices are making the government’s plans to reduce regional inequalities more difficult and more important...
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03 May 2022
Will ‘levelling up’ deliver for rural areas?
The below article written by RSN Chair Cecilia Motley is featured in this months Local Government First (click here to view this article). Launched with a flurry of grand statements, the...
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03 May 2022
Event announcement: Using 5G to support rural areas to level up
Event announcement: Using 5G to support rural areas to level up. Lessons learnt from Mobile Access North Yorkshire Wednesday 15th June 2022 Digital connectivity is a basic human right but...
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03 May 2022
Rural voters could punish Tories over lack of levelling up policies
The Yorkshire Post reports that polling commissioned by the Country Land and Business Association in the UK’s five most rural counties found that 46 per cent of respondents had voted...
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04 Apr 2022
Rural pubs rescued with levelling up funds
The Government has announced they will use their levelling up fund to support pubs in rural communities across England Pubs serving remote communities in England saved by government intervention that...
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29 Mar 2022
Overarching Rural Lens review of Levelling Up White Paper published
Is the Levelling Up White Paper fit for purpose in the rural context? That’s the question being explored by the Rural Services Network in its overarching Rural Lens critique of...
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28 Mar 2022
Schools white paper unveiled
The BBC reports that the Department for Education has published the Schools White Paper on Monday 28th March, setting out new measures for schools to ensure children are being supported...
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