Author: <span>Richard</span>
07 Dec 2020
Rural areas given fresh hope of being ‘decoupled’ from neighbouring COVID-19 hotspots
The Telegraph reports that rural parts of England have been given fresh hope of being ‘decoupled’ from COVID-19 hotspots under the highest tier restrictions after Health Secretary Matt Hancock MP...
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07 Dec 2020
Jenrick outlines fast track planning service for public buildings
LocalGov.co.uk reports that councils will have a legal duty to make decisions on new schools and hospitals within 10 weeks under new reforms to the planning system Housing Secretary Robert...
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07 Dec 2020
District Council gives economic recovery a head start
Derbyshire Dales District Council has given the green light to move ahead with the next stage of work to enable development of a new cinema in Matlock in its under-utilised...
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07 Dec 2020
Community Heartbeat Trust study shows poor recognition of some defibrillator signage
In 2017 the RCUK and BHF suggested defibrillator signage should be changed as they had competed a study suggesting only 48% of people recognised the existing RCUK signage in place...
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04 Dec 2020
Calling All Local Authorities to Assist with Co-creation Research
In the last decade or so, local government authorities have seen the proliferation of approaches that aim to reinvigorate both their democratic legitimacy and ability to solve problems One such...
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02 Dec 2020
RSP Member – Community Catalysts
About Community Catalysts Community Catalysts is a social enterprise working in partnerships across the UK to try to make sure that people who need support to live their lives can...
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30 Nov 2020
Comprehensive Spending Review – Key Rural Concerns
Last week the Government announced a one-year Spending Review for 2020, the long- term spending review being abandoned in favour of a short term approach to prioritise the response to...
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30 Nov 2020
Nik Harwood continues as RSP Chair for 2020
Following the re-election of Councillor Cecilia Motley last week as Chair of the Rural Services Network, this week saw the re-election of Nik Harwood as the Chair of the Rural...
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30 Nov 2020
Plans for rural areas with low infection rates to ‘decouple’ from those in strictest tiers in doubt
The Telegraph has reported on warnings from Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab MP (Con) over the possibility of a third national lockdown if the country fails to ‘get the balance right’,...
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30 Nov 2020
Call for rural communities to take advantage of extra funding to boost digital connectivity
Local newspaper Cumbria Crack has reported that rural communities are being urged to take advantage of voucher funding from the Digital Borderlands scheme, to help them secure faster and more...
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