UK: NEW INVESTMENT IN STRUGGLING RURAL TOWNS
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The Government has announced plans to invest GB[pound] 40mn in rural areas in an attempt to revitalise local communities, as part of its rural White Paper which will be unveiled in November 2000. The new investment is an attempt to address some of the major problems that have affected rural areas in recent years, in particular the collapse of farming and rising land prices. As part of the new strategy, teams of designers and planners will be sent out to the towns to advise on how to make them more "shopper friendly", in a bid to halt the flow of shopping away to the bigger cities. The advisers will also offer assistance on new businesses, developing better transport flows, improving transport services to outlying areas and how to keep local facilities like schools and hospitals remain open. In order to finance the new strategy, the White Paper will also contain proposals to allow local councils to levy an additional rate on businesses and allow parish councils to obtain substantially increased budgets by allowing them to promote local economic initiatives.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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UK: RACISM TO BE INVESTIGATED IN PRISON SERVICE
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The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) has announced plans to launch a formal investigation into racism within the Prison Service. The investigation will focus on three prisons: Feltham young offenders' institution in west London, Brixton prison in south London and Parc prison, a privately run prison in south Wales. Earlier this year a 19-year-old inmate was murdered at Feltham by his racist inmate, while Parc prison has been criticised by the prison inspectorate in the past for its poor race relations. Brixton jail was recently described as "institutionally racist" by the Prison Service's own race relations adviser. Gurbux Singh, the chairman of the CRE, said the inquiry would focus on three prisons in order to keep it "manageable", but added that it would also investigate practices at Prison Service headquarters.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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UK: CLAMPDOWN ON NORTHERN IRELAND PROBLEMS
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The UK government revealed plans on 25 September 2000 to establish an agency that would have the powers to deal with the drug dealing and racketeering problems in Northern Ireland. Authorities' powers were not broad enough at present, noted Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Peter Mandelson, who said that the aim was to eradicate the mafia-like virus afflicting the province. The agency would be able to prevent property and land being used in money laundering exercises and could seize assets of groups believed to be switching from violence to criminal behaviour generally.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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