Author: <span>Belal Almassri</span>
29 Apr 2026
29/04/2026 – RSN Seminar: Rural Economy
You can download the agenda for the day here The Speaker Presentations can be downloaded below: Kerry Booth, Chief Executive, Rural Services Network“Welcome & Introduction to the topic of Rural...
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28 Apr 2026
Media Coverage – April 2026
28 April 2026 – Countryside Jobs Service Countryside Jobs Service included a reference to the Rural Services Network in its weekly countryside sector news round-up, sharing the newly released Delivering...
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28 Apr 2026
Rural Realities: Forgotten Communities
New National Research Reveals “Rural Reality” Gap as Communities Face Mounting Pressure The Rural Services Network has today launched major new research revealing the lived realities of rural life across...
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27 Apr 2026
Delivering For All: Rural Realities, The Voices Behind The Data
For too long, the story of rural communities has been told through statistics, funding gaps, service deficits and infrastructure shortfalls. Important though these are, they only tell part of the...
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27 Apr 2026
Rural Impact In Focus As Clean Energy Accelerates
The Government has set out an accelerated vision for the UK’s clean energy transition, alongside renewed parliamentary scrutiny of what this shift could mean for rural communities.
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27 Apr 2026
Rural And Coastal Communities Backed In Devolution Bill
The House of Lords has reinstated a key amendment to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, introducing a specific competence on rural affairs for the new Strategic Authorities set...
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27 Apr 2026
New Queen Elizabeth Trust To Support Communities
A new UK-wide charity, The Queen Elizabeth Trust, has been established to honour the life and service of Queen Elizabeth II, marking the centenary of her birth.
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27 Apr 2026
Leaders Highlight Rural Role in National Resilience
A coalition of rural local authorities has written to ministers, setting out the critical role that rural and peripheral areas can play in strengthening the UK’s resilience and prosperity.
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27 Apr 2026
DPA Marks 25 Years With Next National Plan
The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) will mark an important moment in its 25th year on Tuesday 9 June at the Royal Institution, with the launch of the next iteration of its...
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