{"id":93825,"date":"2018-07-11T13:26:24","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T13:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=ac869b8f49db04a3a8c858423277e4b1"},"modified":"2018-07-11T13:26:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T13:26:24","slug":"press-release-new-5-million-support-package-for-south-wiltshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=93825","title":{"rendered":"Press release: New \u00a35 million support package for South Wiltshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The government has today announced more than \u00a35 million in funding to further support businesses, boost tourism and meet unexpected costs as a result of the incidents in Salisbury and Amesbury.<\/p>\n<p>This new package is in addition to the \u00a32.5 million that has been made available since March to support the local community.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s package includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\u00a3997,000 to support Wiltshire Council\u2019s response and recovery costs<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u00a3927,000 to provide immediate support to local businesses and to counter their loss of earnings<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u00a3870,000 to boost the vital tourism industry in the region, including \u00a3570,000 for free parking and park-and-ride services, in the South Wiltshire area<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, the Home Office has approved a further \u00a32.5 million in special grant funding to cover extra costs incurred by Wiltshire Police, taking the total provided to the police since March to \u00a34.1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Theresa May said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The people of Salisbury and Amesbury have shown incredible resilience, both since March and in light of last week\u2019s tragic events.<\/p>\n<p>The government will stand in full support of the local community and this funding package will ensure ongoing response and recovery needs are met.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We will continue to work closely with local partners in South Wiltshire on the long-term recovery from these terrible incidents.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Today\u2019s announcement brings the total package of government support to Salisbury and the region to more than \u00a37.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Baroness Jane Scott, the Leader of Wiltshire Council, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I welcome the announcement of this support package from government, and look forward to working with them to provide the essential support the communities and businesses affected by this incident need.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new \u00a35 million support package for South Wiltshire has been announced by the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93825"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}