The National Rural Conference 2025

Bookings are now officially open for the National Rural Conference 2025, which will take place online from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 September.
This is the Rural Services Network’s flagship event of the year, bringing together rural decision-makers, practitioners, and advocates for four days of live, interactive sessions focused on the future of rural communities.
Click here to book!

Anger as Norfolk are losing out to the north on millions of levelling-up cash

Eastern Daily Press reports that a new report by the East of England Local Government Association (EELGA) has highlighted how Norfolk and Waveney is missing out when it comes to the government's 'levelling-up' drive - with just £92 allocated per person in the east of England compared to £359 in parts of the north

The region, which has pockets of major deprivation in areas such as Norwich, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn and Lowestoft, is being short-changed as the government's much-vaunted agenda focuses on the north and the Midlands.

Concerned Norfolk County Council leader Andrew Proctor warned the region could be "left behind", while Waveney MP Peter Aldous has raised the issue in the Commons.

Full article:

Eastern Daily Press - Anger Norfolk losing out to the north on millions of levelling-up cash