Amid reduced public spending, fair resource allocation across regions is crucial. Despite a population larger than Greater London, rural areas receive significantly less funding for essential services, even though delivering these services in rural locales is costlier.
The Rural Services Network is calling on the government to ensure that rural communities receive fairer funding for vital public services. It comes as the government prepares to announce its
NORTH Yorkshire County Council has called on the government to give long-term fairer funding to large rural counties. Council leaders warn that with the prospect of austerity continuing through to 2022, the
COUNTY councils have called for a new deal to end the “postcode lottery” of government funding for rural areas. New statistics suggest England’s 37 county areas collectively received £3.2bn less than
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release Tuesday, 31 October 2017 Rural Services Network welcomes pledge on business rates retention The Rural Services Network [1] has welcomed a government pledge that no council
COUNCIL leaders travelled to parliament to highlight the need for fairer rural funding. Lincolnshire county council leader Martin Hill and other local authority leaders from the county met local government
Fairer funding is vital for rural schools, the Rural Services Network has warned.
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release Friday 15 September 2017 Rural Services Network:Fairer funding is vital for rural schools Responding to confirmation that the government is to introduce fairer funding for schools,
Rural schools will gain up to 5% in funding under a plans for a fairer national funding formula, says the government.
St Austell and Newquay MP Steve Double has been appointed chairman of the influential Rural Fair Share Campaign group. The Rural Fair Share Campaign is a cross-party group of MPs,
Rural Councils have called for clarity on the future for local government finance and an end to unfair funding for their areas.
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Amid reduced public spending, fair resource allocation across regions is crucial. Despite a population larger than Greater London, rural areas receive significantly less funding for essential services, even though delivering these services in rural locales is costlier.
The Rural Services Network is calling on the government to ensure that rural communities receive fairer funding for vital public services. It comes as the government prepares to announce its
NORTH Yorkshire County Council has called on the government to give long-term fairer funding to large rural counties. Council leaders warn that with the prospect of austerity continuing through to 2022, the
COUNTY councils have called for a new deal to end the “postcode lottery” of government funding for rural areas. New statistics suggest England’s 37 county areas collectively received £3.2bn less than
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release Tuesday, 31 October 2017 Rural Services Network welcomes pledge on business rates retention The Rural Services Network [1] has welcomed a government pledge that no council
COUNCIL leaders travelled to parliament to highlight the need for fairer rural funding. Lincolnshire county council leader Martin Hill and other local authority leaders from the county met local government
Fairer funding is vital for rural schools, the Rural Services Network has warned.
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release Friday 15 September 2017 Rural Services Network:Fairer funding is vital for rural schools Responding to confirmation that the government is to introduce fairer funding for schools,
Rural schools will gain up to 5% in funding under a plans for a fairer national funding formula, says the government.
St Austell and Newquay MP Steve Double has been appointed chairman of the influential Rural Fair Share Campaign group. The Rural Fair Share Campaign is a cross-party group of MPs,
Rural Councils have called for clarity on the future for local government finance and an end to unfair funding for their areas.
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