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.
Submitted by email 28th October, 2016 to [email protected] We are responding to this consultation as the organisation Rural Services Network. We are a Special Interest Group of the Local Government
1) 100% Business Rate Retention – CCN, RSN and DCN Shared Principles Statement The County Councils Network (CCN), District Councils’ Network (DCN) and Rural Services Network (RSN) have jointly welcomed
THE government has announced a fivefold increase in its Rural Services Delivery Grant from £15.5m to £80.5m. It follows months of work on behalf of rural communities and local authorities
Up to 50 Tory MPs are preparing to vote against the government’s proposed funding settlement for rural local authorities.
THE Rural Services Network has told the government it must listen to MPs on the vital issue of rural funding.
Rural residents face an unwelcome hike in council tax coupled with much reduced services if the government pushes ahead with a proposed funding settlement for rural communities – despite an
The government’s provisional funding settlement is fundamentally unfair for rural communities, the Rural Services Network has warned.
MPs have blasted the government’s proposed funding settlement for rural areas, describing it as unfair and inadequate. The issue of government funding for rural areas was the subject of a
Government urged to honour rural fairer funding promise
MPs and rural local authorities have called on the Government to honour a commitment to ensure rural communities receive fairer funding for public services.
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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.
Submitted by email 28th October, 2016 to [email protected] We are responding to this consultation as the organisation Rural Services Network. We are a Special Interest Group of the Local Government
1) 100% Business Rate Retention – CCN, RSN and DCN Shared Principles Statement The County Councils Network (CCN), District Councils’ Network (DCN) and Rural Services Network (RSN) have jointly welcomed
THE government has announced a fivefold increase in its Rural Services Delivery Grant from £15.5m to £80.5m. It follows months of work on behalf of rural communities and local authorities
Up to 50 Tory MPs are preparing to vote against the government’s proposed funding settlement for rural local authorities.
THE Rural Services Network has told the government it must listen to MPs on the vital issue of rural funding.
Rural residents face an unwelcome hike in council tax coupled with much reduced services if the government pushes ahead with a proposed funding settlement for rural communities – despite an increase in the Rural Services Delivery Grant.
The government’s provisional funding settlement is fundamentally unfair for rural communities, the Rural Services Network has warned.
MPs have blasted the government’s proposed funding settlement for rural areas, describing it as unfair and inadequate. The issue of government funding for rural areas was the subject of a
Government urged to honour rural fairer funding promise
MPs and rural local authorities have called on the Government to honour a commitment to ensure rural communities receive fairer funding for public services.
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