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20 Sep 2021

Lord Deben says street lights not needed in rural areas

The BBC reports that Lord Deben – chair of the Climate Change Committee – expressed to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee that urbanising…

20 Sep 2021

Cabinet reshuffle sparks rural planning law debate

Farmers Weekly reports that following the removal of Robert Jenrick MP from his role as Housing Secretary during last week’s Cabinet Reshuffle, speculations have appeared…

20 Sep 2021

CityFibre raises £1.125bn to expand UK fibre rollout

Capacity Media reports that UK-based infrastructure company CityFibre has raised a total of £1.125 billion with the help of two new investors, Mubadala Investment Co…

20 Sep 2021

England to be first country to require new homes to include EV chargers

The Business Standard reports that the British government will later this year introduce legislation that will require all newly built homes and offices to feature…

20 Sep 2021

“Levelling Up” must benefit the whole country

The Levelling Up Taskforce’s Selaine Saxby MP, Member of Parliament for North Devon, writes in the Levelling Up News (17 September 2021), ‘View of the…

16 Sep 2021

The RSN and the CCN launch Social Care Reform Report

Social care reforms will protect more individuals from large care costs but will not improve access to care and could make local care markets ‘unsustainable’,…

16 Sep 2021

New Agriculture & Land Use Alliance launches Countryside COP

The new Agriculture & Land Use Alliance (ALA) will host the first ever Countryside COP event to showcase and inspire net zero activity in rural…

14 Sep 2021

RSN Economic Profiling Service – September 2021

The RSN Economic Profiling Service provides an analysis of Alternative Claimant Count with the September 2021 addition now being available. The analysis examines the ratio…

14 Sep 2021

Published – The Local Shop Report 2021

The ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) have published the Local Shop Report 2021 The report provides key insights into sales and jobs, the services…

14 Sep 2021

Ministers drop shake-up of planning laws

The Times reports that the government is reportedly backtracking on its commitment to overhaul planning laws in order to accelerate infrastructure projects with a target…