Weston’s MP John Penrose has welcomed the Government’s promise of fairer school funding made in yesterday’s spng review, after many years campaigning for a better deal for Weston’s schools. George Osborne announced a fairer national funding formula for schools by 2015-16, to iron out huge historical differences in the amount…
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Figures released by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) yesterday support former Architecture and Heritage Minister John Penrose’s concerns that green fields are under threat because local Councils won’t ‘build up, not out’. The CPRE figures show that more than half local councils don’t have a Local Plan in…
Read MoreRadical proposals for London to “grow upwards” by adding extra storeys to homes and businesses are being looked at by ministers, the Evening Standard has learned. They include tackling the housing shortage by allowing homeowners to extend upwards and create spare bedrooms or new flats for people who prefer to…
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