Author: <span>Philip Cornish</span>
10 Sep 2013
Buy British, minister urges councils
DEFRA secretary Owen Paterson has urged local authorities and other service providers to source more food locally. Mr Paterson was speaking at the Local Government Association’s annual Rural Conference, held...
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06 Sep 2013
Faster rural broadband arrives early
TWO small rural communities are benefiting from high speed broadband – three months ahead of schedule. Homes and businesses in Sticklepath (Devon) and Bradford on Tone (Somerset) are the first...
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05 Sep 2013
Rural GPs to benefit from government policy review
Below is a snippet from article take from GP Online: Rural GP practices threatened by underfunding and MPIG cuts could benefit from a cross-government review of how policy affects rural...
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02 Sep 2013
Scheme aims to ease housing crisis
AN innovative scheme aims to increase affordable housing by bringing back empty properties into use. The National Empty Homes Loan Fund aims to tackle the 710,000 empty homes across the...
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02 Sep 2013
Minister to address rural conference
Environment secretary Owen Paterson is to address rural local authority leaders at a major conference. Mr Paterson is the keynote speaker at the Local Government Association (LGA) rural conference in...
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02 Sep 2013
Planning guidance system launched
ONLINE guidance will simplify the planning system and encourage more community involvement, says the government. Planning Minister Nick Boles launched the government’s national planning practice guidance as an online resource...
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02 Sep 2013
Police commissioner targets rural crime
TACKLING rural crime and farm theft has been named as a priority by Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Charles. Mr Charles will host a Wildlife and Rural Crime Summit...
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02 Sep 2013
Councils defend increase in reserves
Local authorities have defended a £2.6bn increase in council reserves, saying it is justified given uncertain funding for services. It came after local government secretary Eric Pickles accused councils of...
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27 Aug 2013
Warning over health and social access in rural North Yorkshire
A GROUP which supports more than 15,000 voluntary and community groups has issued a stark warning to politicians over a decline in access to health and social care in rural...
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26 Aug 2013
VIDEO: Councils call for rural fair deal
RURAL councils across England are adding their weight to a campaign for a fairer government funding deal. It follows calls to challenge the central government formula, which decides how much...
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