The Rural Services Network says a letter to David Cameron is ‘the starting gun’ for a Fairer Funding Campaign. The letter warned the new Prime Minister that cuts in government spending would hit rural areas hardest and copies will now be sent to all relevant Secretaries of State.

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Councillors in Birmingham want the Government to rethink the operation of a hardship scheme set up to compensate property owners who will be affected by the construction of a proposed High Speed Rail network linking the city with London.

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This programme is now available to view on localgov.tv the online television channel for public service modernisation. It looks at the findings of Socitm’s ‘Twitter Gritter’ report on how councils used internet sites to inform citizens about service disruptions during the bad weather conditions this year.

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