Author: <span>Richard</span>
28 Nov 2022
Levelling Up: Missions and Metrics – Analysis of Mission 7
Levelling Up: Missions and Metrics “The Levelling Up White Paper sets out twelve missions that support key levelling up objectives. These outline the medium-term ambition for the UK Government and...
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28 Nov 2022
Hinterland – 28 November 2022
In this edition, health worker shortages, fluvial erosion driven perhaps by climate change, the impact of tourists, falling house prices, rail chaos and finally a Roman sauna in Rutland… * ...
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21 Nov 2022
RSN Autumn Statement Response – Reliance on Council Tax
The Rural Services Network is dismayed with the Autumn Statement released on the 17th November where the Chancellor set out plans to allow Councils to increase Council Tax by 5%...
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21 Nov 2022
1,000 village halls face closure as fuel bills soar
ACRE (Action with Communities in Rural England) have been surveying village halls over the summer months, with worrying results for their continued future 88 respondents out of 873 claimed they...
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21 Nov 2022
Rural services ‘may be lost’ without funding formula
Speaking to The MJ, Graham Biggs, chief executive of the Rural Services Network, said he feared many discretionary services in rural areas could be lost if the Treasury announces fresh austerity...
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21 Nov 2022
North Yorkshire to tackle rise in second homes with council tax premium
As reported in the Guardian Seaside towns of Scarborough and Whitby will be among first in England to double council tax under changes enabled through the levelling up bill currently going...
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21 Nov 2022
Libraries at risk of cuts despite ‘unprecedented’ rise in users
The BBC report how Libraries are at risk of cuts despite ‘unprecedented’ rise in users Community libraries are seeing an “unprecedented” rise in the number of people using their services, but...
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21 Nov 2022
Bank branch closures can have devastating impact on rural communities
The Yorkshire Post reports that new research by the lender Abound that estimates that just 5% of people have not withdrawn cash from an ATM in the last 12 months...
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21 Nov 2022
Train company restores Post Office services to rural village
The Evening Standard reports that train operator, Avanti West Coast, has launched a pop-up Post Office counter inside the ticket office at Oxenholme station – the first Post Office the...
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21 Nov 2022
Keep it in the Community update 2022 – Plunkett Foundation
Joe Hesketh, Plunkett’s Data Manager provides an update on their refreshed directory of assets of community value: Launched in January 2022, Keep it in the Community (KIITC) is an online database...
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