Author: <span>Belal Almassri</span>
12 Feb 2025
Local authority funding reform: objectives and principles
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government Closed 12 February 2025 Local authority funding reform: objectives and principles The consultation sought views on the approach to determining new funding allocations...
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09 Feb 2025
Media Coverage – February 2025
Kerry spoke on BBC Spotlight 09.02.2025 Politics South West – 09/02/2025 – BBC iPlayer RSN was invited to participate in a significant discussion on BBC Breakfast. The segment, which aired...
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17 Jan 2025
Buses Connecting Communities
UK Parliament, Transport Committee Closed 17 January 2025 Buses Connecting Communities The Transport Committee examined the role of buses in connecting rural communities with nearby towns and suburban areas and...
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15 Jan 2025
Reforming the Right to Buy
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government Closed 15 January 2025 Reforming the Right to Buy The Right to Buy provides an important route for social housing tenants to own...
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14 Jan 2025
Media Coverage – January 2025
Health Matters: Rural Financial Crisis Deepens: RSN Analysis Exposes Stark Funding Inequities in Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement (Link now expired) PSE: Herefordshire Council highlights critical funding disparity in recent...
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21 Dec 2024
Media Coverage – December 2024
Cornwall Council: Cornwall Council calls for fairer funding for rural areas | Falmouth Packet Shropshire Star: Rural funding removal ‘demonstrates a blatant disregard for rural communities like South Shropshire’ says...
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25 Nov 2024
Invest 2035: the UK’s modern industrial strategy
Department for Business and Trade Closed 25 November 2024 Invest 2035: the UK’s modern industrial strategy The industrial strategy is the UK government’s proposed 10-year plan for the economy. It...
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19 Nov 2024
Media Coverage – November 2024
The RSN is quoted in a Times newspaper: The Times – Farmers’ anger is about much more than tax *Please be aware you will require a Times subscription to be able to...
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28 Oct 2024
Media Coverage – October 2024
The Rural Services Network is featured in a story published by the Mail which discusses the removal of the £2 bus fares: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14008937/labour-warned-2-bus-fare-budget-axe.html
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15 Sep 2024
Media Coverage – September 2024
BBC Sounds – Radio York RSN Chief Executive, Kerry Booth, discusses the impact of Rural Connectivity after the announcement that 4,500 homes in Rural Villages across West Yorkshire and York will...
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