Politics
16 Dec 2013
Chancellor in rural funding admission
CHANCELLOR George Osborne has admitted that Whitehall funding formulas give rural areas a raw deal. The way the government allocated funding had some “room for improvement,” Mr Osborne admitted. The...
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05 Nov 2013
VIDEO: Rural rebellion over ‘unfair’ funding
MORE than 25 MPs attended parliament to present petitions calling on the government to grant fairer funding for rural areas. The petitions were delivered on Monday, 4 November. MP Graham...
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05 Nov 2013
MPs pile on pressure over rural funding
MORE than 100 petitions calling for fairer rural funding have been presented by MPs to the government. The cross-party group of MPs formally presented petitions from 119 rural constituencies to...
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31 Oct 2013
Help us shape countryside, says DEFRA
THE government is asking how best to spend almost £20bn that will help shape the countryside over the next seven years. It said the future of farming, the rural economy...
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30 Oct 2013
Rural funding campaign steps up
THE campaign for fairer rural funding is being stepped up after the government dismissed any imbalance between urban and rural areas. In a response to a report by MPs, the...
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28 Oct 2013
Government responds to rural criticism
THE government has rejected claims that rural local authorities get a raw deal compared to urban areas. But it has acknowledged “inherent problems” producing figures at a national level for...
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21 Oct 2013
VIDEO: MPs press for fairer funding
MPs press the case for a fairer funding settlement for rural local authorities during a House of Commons debate. The backbench business debate took place at Westminster on Thursday, 10...
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07 Oct 2013
MPs debate local authority funding
MPs are to debate the issue of local authority funding. The backbench business debate is due to take place on Thursday (10 October). It follows a petition signed by thousands...
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23 Sep 2013
Final week for rural funding petition
RURAL residents have just one week left to get behind calls for a fairer rural funding deal for countryside communities. The government is responsible for the funding formula for local...
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10 Sep 2013
Buy British, minister urges councils
DEFRA secretary Owen Paterson has urged local authorities and other service providers to source more food locally. Mr Paterson was speaking at the Local Government Association’s annual Rural Conference, held...
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