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Levelling Up Announcement

For too long beautiful rural areas like ours have come second best when it comes to Government investment and Local Authority funding.

I am delighted that in January this year, Rutland and Melton's £23 million Levelling Up Bid was successful! This is a once in a generation amount of money to shape the future of our communities. This funding will:

  • Transform Melton Livestock Market into 'the Borough Market of the Midlands' driving tourism and footfall to our town
  • Establish a national Medi-Tech innovation hub, brining lots of clinicians to our communities and giving us first access to the new medical technologies of the future
  • Create a demand responsive transport bus system between key rural villages between our towns
  • Revamp our tourism offer in Rutland
  • Refurbish and upgrade SMB's Theatre in Melton, improving our night time economy

I am continuing to push the Government to ensure funding reflects that delivering services in rural areas is more expensive, and that we get all the support and opportunity we need here in Rutland and Melton.

I’m fighting to bring fairness back to Government funding and opportunity to the East Midlands to make sure here in Rutland and Melton we get all the support we need, so we can :

  • End unfair funding formulas,
  • Improve our job market for our local community,
  • Improve decent quality broadband locally,
  • Feel safe benefiting from policing that doesn’t forget our villages,
  • Improve job opportunities with a freeport,
  • Support for our famers including flood provision,
  • Protect our environment,
  • Provide exceptional social care to our older generations,
  • Ensure schools give our children the best chance in life, and
  • That we have roads that get us safely to work and back home again to our families.

News

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Seven Local Schools Awarded Funding for Refurbishment

Monday, 22 May, 2023

Seven more schools across Rutland and Melton are set to receive a share of the £456 million Government investment to improve school buildings across the country. 

Schools

23 Primary Schools in Rutland and Melton Awarded Sparsity Funding

Monday, 6 March, 2023

23 primary schools across Rutland and Melton have been given up to £56,300 in Government funding as part of the National Funding Formula’s (NFF) sparsity factor. 

LUP

Rutland and Melton Councils Awarded £23m in Levelling Up Funding

Thursday, 19 January, 2023

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has announced that Rutland County Council (RCC) and Melton Borough Council’s (MBC) joint levelling up bid has been successful. 

Gigahubs

Leicestershire Announced as the First County to Roll Out 'Gigahubs'

Monday, 12 December, 2022

Working in partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s (DCMS), Leicestershire will be the first county in the country to roll out ‘GigaHubs’, significantly improving broadband access and speeds in rural areas. 

Black Horse Pub

Black Horse Community Group Awarded £245,395 in Government Funding

Saturday, 10 December, 2022

The Black Horse Community Group in Melton, a Community Benefit Society (CBS), has successfully bid for a share of the Government’s Community Ownership Fund and will be awarded £245,395 in funding. 

Share prosperity

Alicia Kearns MP Welcomes UK Shared Prosperity Funding

Tuesday, 6 December, 2022

The Government has announced significant funding for Local Councils as campaigned for by Alicia Kearns MP.

Rural Funding

Melton Borough Council Awarded £400,000 From the Rural England Prosperity Fund

Thursday, 6 October, 2022

Melton Borough Council has been awarded £400,000 from the Rural England Prosperity Fund. This is a new Government fund created thanks to lobbying by Alicia alongside members of the APPG for Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse, of which Alicia is an active member.

 

New School Renovation Funding for 11 Rutland and Melton Schools

Alicia Kearns MP Welcomes Government Funding For School Renovations For 11 Schools Across Rutland And Melton

Friday, 13 May, 2022

As part of the Government’s investment in school renovations, 11 schools across Rutland and Melton will receive funding for 14 different maintenance projects.

Projects include roof replacements, heating refurbishment, door and window refurbishments as well as upgrades to fire safety. 

Alicia speaking in the Adjournment Debate

Alicia Kearns MP holds Parliamentary Debate on Rural Funding and Levelling Up

Wednesday, 11 May, 2022

Alicia Kearns hosted the Adjournment debate in Parliament on rural funding and levelling up, to highlight the inequalities and challenges faced by rural communities across the UK. 

£150,000 for The Bell Inn Frisby

Alicia Kearns MP welcomes Government funding for Frisby's The Bell Inn

Thursday, 24 March, 2022

Alicia Kearns MP has welcomed news that the Bell Inn in Frisby on the Wreake has been awarded £150,000 from the Government’s Community Ownership Fund.

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