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People and businesses in Barnsley will gain AI skills and benefit from shorter hospital waiting lists through new government pilots in the UK’s first Tech Town.
Provides guidance on planning for retail and other town centre uses.
Seven locations proposed as new towns with each location delivering at least 10,000 homes with several delivering up to 40,000.
The MyTown campaign gives people a say in how a new generation of Town Deals, each worth up to £25 million, should transform the place they call home.
Additional guidance on requirements for Town Deals Boards during the delivery phase of the Towns Fund.
Barnsley named UK’s first Tech Town – with local schools and college, businesses, NHS and more getting bespoke government support to unleash opportunities of AI.
The Science and Technology Secretary has written an Op-Ed in the Yorkshire Post on Barnsley becoming the UK's first Tech Town.
Towns across the country can now apply to become the first UK Town of Culture
Find out if a claim of ownership by adverse possession can be made on common land and town or village greens, what effect it will have on the land and whether a claim can be opposed.
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