COUNCILS that have welcomed growth are getting a major boost to their spending power, says the government.

MORE than 300 community-run shops are being encouraged to enter the first awards for the sector.

RURAL families will be hardest hit by government plans to cap benefit increases, a leading charity has warned.

THE government is to “consider the case” for reducing the amount of fuel duty paid by remote rural communities. The Rural Fuel Duty Rebate already gives motorists on remote Scottish

A WET weather fund set up to help farmers and rural communities has reached £450,000.

THE controversial issue of reducing rural speed limits is to be debated by MPs.

COUNCILS are planning to build 272,720 fewer new homes since the abolition of regional planning, says a think tank report.

A NEIGHBOURHOOD plan in Cumbria has become the first in the country to pass an independent examination. The draft Upper Eden Neighbourhood Plan – the first in the country to

THE cost of living is higher for families in the countryside than it is for those in towns and cities, reveals a government report.

A NEW campaign has been launched to reduce the number of young driver deaths on rural roads.