Services
12 Sep 2012
Changes applied to Warm Front scheme
ELIGIBILITY for the government’s Warm Front scheme has changed, with additional benefits for successful applicants. The Warm Front scheme provides heating and insulation improvements to households on income-related benefits in...
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04 Sep 2012
Cash boost for neighbourhood planning
THE government has unveiled funding to help communities bring jobs and homes to their neighbourhood using improved planning powers. Neighbourhood planning gives people a major say in shaping development in...
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03 Sep 2012
High hopes for 4G rural broadband
RURAL businesses and communities are expected to be among the main beneficiaries of faster next-generation mobile broadband. Everything Everywhere – the company behind Orange and T-Mobile – has been given...
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19 Aug 2012
Community transport connects residents
Community transport initiatives are helping connect more villages and provide a better service for local residents. Four subsidised bus services in Gloucestershire are being replaced by a Forest Community Transport...
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14 Aug 2012
New library ‘link’ opens in Cumbria
AN innovative library service has opened in a small village in Cumbria. Supported by Cumbria County Council and staffed by volunteers, the ‘Library Link’ is in the reading room in...
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10 Aug 2012
Call to support community broadband
BETTER support is needed for rural communities to deliver their own superfast internet connections. More action would inspire community enterprise initiatives that deliver superfast broadband services in rural areas, says...
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09 Aug 2012
£15k boost for mobile services
VULNERABLE and older residents are to benefit from additional funding to help them live safely and independently at home. The £15,000 funding boost approved by Derbyshire County Council will support...
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03 Aug 2012
Survey highlights key rural services
CONCERN over rural services – including a lack of affordable housing and community involvement – is highlighted in a major report. Conducted by the Suffolk ACRE charity, the Rural Services...
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02 Aug 2012
MPs hit out at ‘data dumping’
AN influential committee of MPs has criticised local government for ‘dumping’ incomprehensible spending data on residents. The criticism is contained in a House of Commons Public Accounts Committee report, Implementing...
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31 Jul 2012
Broadband strategy under fire
RURAL people and businesses risk being left behind by the government’s broadband strategy, peers have warned. The House of Lords Communications Committee said the government was preoccupied with faster broadband...
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