THE COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed what we once knew as normal and has made us all think about how we want to live our lives in future. As we rebuild our economy, we have an opportunity to build a fairer, greener, more prosperous and inclusive Scotland that delivers for everyone and every place. We have already taken significant steps to put fair work principles at the heart of our economic policy and a priority for employers. Hundreds of businesses have signed up to the Scottish Business Pledge, which seeks to boost productivity and competitiveness through fairness, equality and sustainability.
Mobile phone coverage in some of the most rural areas of Devon and Somerset is set to be improved under a new scheme.
Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS).
The Oxfordshire countryside and a general view of Oxford. EXPERTS in transport and the environment have warned that people are being sidelined from big decisions about Oxfordshire’s future, and that local democracy is being slowly eroded away. A campaigning group called Planning Oxfordshire’s Environment and Transport Sustainably (POETS) warned last year that there is a ‘democratic deficit’ in the county. And this year, they have said this has become worse, claiming the Government has ‘enfeebled’ local councils, through moves like intervening in South Oxfordshire’s Local Plan. The group has also said huge projects like the Oxford to Cambridge Arc have a top-down approach with very little say from people affected by them on the ground.