Author: <span>Philip Cornish</span>
16 Oct 2015
Councils ‘must deliver plans for homes’
Councils must produce local plans for new homes in their area by 2017, the government has warned. Failure to do so will see the government produce plans for councils instead,...
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15 Oct 2015
£138m for England’s rural communities
RURAL communities are set to benefit from £138m to create more jobs and boost the rural economy. The LEADER funding will give local communities power to support projects in their own...
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11 Oct 2015
Rural schools ‘deserve fairer funding’
NORTH Yorkshire MP Rishi Sunak has launched a campaign to get a better funding deal for rural schools. Schools in the county receive hundreds of pounds less per pupil than...
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11 Oct 2015
What’s going on with Post Office Locals?
Post Office Locals are meant to deliver a better service for customers, as well as savings for taxpayers. But something is going wrong, finds Brian Wilson. Post Office Locals are...
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08 Oct 2015
Rural firms demand better broadband
RURAL businesses have urged telecom watchdog Ofcom not to separate broadband provider Openreach from BT. The Country Land and Business Association said it wanted BT to deliver better broadband. But it stopped...
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08 Oct 2015
Rail guests raise £1620 for charity
THE Railway Benefit Fund and Cancer Research are each to receive £810 courtesy of guests at the Community Rail Awards gala dinner. Money was raised from a raffle prize draw...
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07 Oct 2015
Funding available for rural businesses
RURAL businesses across England are being urged to apply for funding from the European Structural and Investment Fund. Funding is available for investment in new and existing rural micro and...
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06 Oct 2015
Councils to keep £26bn in business rates
THE government has unveiled plans allowing local councils to retain £26bn of revenue from business rates. Proposals that the government says will promote growth and prosperity were unveiled by Chancellor...
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05 Oct 2015
Rural warning against Right-to-Buy
COUNTRYSIDE communities will be damaged by ‘voluntary’ Right-to-Buy proposals, rural leaders have warned. Most housing associations have voted for a deal between the government and National Housing Federation – but...
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04 Oct 2015
Growing challenge of the rural elderly
What can be done to tackle loneliness in older rural people? Jessica Sellick investigates. One in five elderly people in the UK feels they have no-one to turn to, according...
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