COUNCILS are being urged to quiz local government minister Brandon Lewis on funding for local authorities that reform the way they deliver services. The special live phone-in with Mr Lewis

NEW awards are set to recognise the contribution made by community enterprises to rural services.

A £30 million investment to prepare and repair rural and residential roads has started in West Sussex. The ‘Better Roads Programme’ launched by West Sussex County Council is said to

Grants of up to £5,000 are available for rural community buildings in East Devon. The funding – from East Devon District Council – can be used to help refurbish, improve

A GOVERNMENT minister has praised a rural network set up to combat crime in the countryside.

THE UK’s first and only free school dedicated to the land-based sector has received a ‘Good’ rating from its Ofsted report.

RURAL communities are among those set to benefit from a £410m package that the government says will help councils transform local services.

AN influential committee of MPs has blasted the government over the roll-out of rural broadband. Rural communities were counting the cost after the government failed to promote competition over rural

SMALL organisations which help vulnerable residents could benefit from a scheme to help them reach more people in East Sussex.