levelling up
20 Dec 2021
Anger as Norfolk are losing out to the north on millions of levelling-up cash
Eastern Daily Press reports that a new report by the East of England Local Government Association (EELGA) has highlighted how Norfolk and Waveney is missing out when it comes to...
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13 Dec 2021
Draft Levelling Up white paper leaked
The Independent reports that the government plans to radically alter local government in England, replacing it with a single-tier mayoral-style system, according to a leaked draft of the government’s levelling...
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08 Nov 2021
Rural firms ‘losing out’ after EU funds replaced
The Times reports that rural businesses have accused ministers of “levelling down” the countryside after analysis of the budget found they will suffer a shortfall of hundreds of millions of...
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08 Nov 2021
Responses to Levelling Up report
Further to their new report (A strategic case for equitable recognition of rural economies in Levelling Up policies) and also the RSN Rural Conference 2021 (with particular focus on the...
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01 Nov 2021
A ‘rural-inclusive’ case for Levelling Up
The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) has set out its argument about why and how the Government should develop ‘rural-inclusive’ Levelling Up policies, delivery programmes and resources The...
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01 Nov 2021
Better broadband for 500,000 rural homes in UK gigabit revolution
The Government have announced more than 500,000 more rural homes and businesses will be given access to better broadband under plans to level up the UK with improved internet connectivity...
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01 Nov 2021
Still a ‘huge hole’ in levelling up plans
The Northern Echo reports that various stakeholders in the North of England have raised concerns that despite the Chancellor’s Budget statement last Wednesday, there was still a ‘huge hole’ in...
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18 Oct 2021
53 councils get slice of £58m to deliver homes on brownfield sites
PBC Today reports that the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has injected £58m to deliver thousands of new homes on brownfield sites The Brownfield Land Release Fund...
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18 Oct 2021
Schools in rural areas receive gigabit broadband boost
The Evening Standard reports that more than a thousand schools in rural areas have been hooked up to hyperfast gigabit broadband The investment boost from the Government is designed to...
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11 Oct 2021
Michael Gove to push homebuilding in the north of England
The Guardian reports that the new levelling up secretary to refocus planning proposals in favour of less developed regions Michael Gove will instruct his Levelling Up department to boost homebuilding...
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