Author: <span>Belal Almassri</span>

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27 Oct 2014

Recorded Crime

Police forces in England and Wales are required to send police recorded crime data to the Home Office. The following analysis takes this quarterly data over the period September 2012...

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15 Oct 2014

Cycling Use For Non Recreational Purposes

The Government has an ambition for increased levels of cycling, and it is easy to see how it would be beneficial both in easing road congestion as well as increasing...

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16 Sep 2014

Catastrophic proposals will ruin rural affordable housing

PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 16 September 2014 LOCAL communities will suffer under government plans that will reduce the amount of affordable housing in the countryside, England’s largest rural network has...

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16 Sep 2014

Neighbourhood Planning in Huntingdonshire

A successful neighbourhood plan must be based on evidence and an understanding of the place they relate to. Communities need to gather a range of evidence and local knowledge before...

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16 Sep 2014

Neighbourhood Planning in Selby

A successful neighbourhood plan must be based on evidence and an understanding of the place they relate to. Communities need to gather a range of evidence and local knowledge before...

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28 Aug 2014

Local Authority Businesses

The risks and opportunities available for business in rural local authority areas can be quite unique from those in urban areas.  As a result the rate of new businesses created...

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28 Aug 2014

Local Authority Winter Maintenance Fleet

Rural local authority areas have lower population densities, but many services need to be provided despite an area potentially having fewer people living there.  This is reflected when looking at...

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28 Aug 2014

Neighbourhood Planning in Lancashire

A successful neighbourhood plan must be based on evidence and an understanding of the place they relate to. Communities need to gather a range of evidence and local knowledge before...

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21 Aug 2014

Affordable Ratio Analysis

The online article ‘The 62 areas where houses are less affordable than London’, taken from the BBC News website, reflects the struggles of many people living in or looking to...

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29 Jul 2014

Funding package approved to fight crime in the countryside

PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 29 July 2014 THE government has confirmed a two-year funding package for a newly created National Rural Crime Network (NRCN) operating across England and Wales [1]....

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