levelling up
14 Mar 2022
Rural Lens Review of Levelling Up White Paper
The Government recently published the long awaited White Paper on Levelling Up. This lengthy document has been reviewed by RSN to highlight key elements that will impact on rural communities,...
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21 Feb 2022
Keep It in the Community – a nationwide register of Assets of Community Value
Plunkett Foundation has re-launched Keep It in the Community (KIITC), with support from Locality and Power to Change. It is an online register of all Assets of Community Value (ACVs)...
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14 Feb 2022
Public Health Allocations leave rural missing out
Public Health Allocations announced last week are yet again failing to deliver for rural communities The allocations for 2022/2023 show that Predominantly urban local authorities receive 57% more per head...
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14 Feb 2022
Rural Health and Care and Levelling-Up Press Release
The Levelling Up White Paper follows hot on the heels of the Inquiry into Rural Health and Care, launched on 1st February. This highlighted the various significant problems experienced by...
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14 Feb 2022
Yorkshire’s countryside should not be seen as ‘rural museum’
Yorkshire Post reports that leading figures in the North have voiced their concerns that the Government has not fully recognised the importance of the rural economy through its flagship levelling...
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08 Feb 2022
The Levelling Up White Paper: Initial views of the RSN: How can it be made to work for rural settings?
At some 350 pages in length (plus a Technical Annex on Missions and Metrics), it will take us some time to consider all the rural issues in a ‘Rural Lens...
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08 Feb 2022
Rural health services need ‘levelling up’, MPs say
Local Gov reports that a three-year investigation undertaken by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Rural Health and Care and the National Centre for Rural Health and Care has found...
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08 Feb 2022
Michael Gove says ‘landmark promises’ will improve the lives
Sky news reports that Levelling Up Secretary, Michael Gove (Con) unveiled the Government’s “landmark” plan for levelling up the country claiming to improve the lives of those outside London and...
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24 Jan 2022
Levelling up white paper could face further delay as Boris Johnson battles leadership crisis
The i news reports that plans to unveil Boris Johnson’s long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper faces being hit by further delays as the Prime Minister battles to maintain his grip...
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04 Jan 2022
LocalGov Drupal secures further funding from the DLUHC Local Digital Fund
Government acknowledges the importance of open source and collaborative work between councils as part of the leveling up agenda project awarded £400,000 to build on their work With 22 councils...
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