Author: <span>Belal Almassri</span>
04 Dec 2014
Viable village services – calls to Government
The Rural Services Network calls upon an incoming Government to: Commit that there will be no programme of post office closures during the lifetime of the 2015 to 2020 Parliament...
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04 Dec 2014
Tackling fuel poverty – calls to Government
The Rural Services Network calls upon an incoming Government to: Recognise that fuel poverty is a significant rural issue and that rising fuel prices hit many rural households hard. Policy...
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04 Dec 2014
Older people’s services – calls to Government
The Rural Services Network calls upon an incoming Government to: Ensure, as noted earlier, that the formula used to allocate local government finance properly takes better account of the additional...
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04 Dec 2014
Access to health facilities – calls to Government
The Rural Services Network calls upon an incoming Government to: Ask its Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (ACRA) to review the NHS resource allocation formula for Clinical Commissioning Groups, so...
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04 Dec 2014
Public transport – calls to Government
The Rural Services Network calls upon an incoming Government to: Encourage and incentivise bus operators, local authorities and communities to work in partnership, so they can find local solutions that...
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04 Dec 2014
Local government funding – calls to Government
The Rural Services Network calls upon an incoming Government to: Acknowledge that Government proposals contained in its 2012 Consultation were seeking to right an historic wrong and that the whole...
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04 Dec 2014
Affordable housing – calls to Government
The Rural Services Network calls upon an incoming Government to: Reinstate a rural target in the HCA’s Affordable Homes Programme, to ensure that investment is available to meet needs within...
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04 Dec 2014
The planning system – calls to Government
The Rural Services Network calls upon an incoming Government to: Respect that planning authorities need the flexibility to write and interpret Local Plan policies which can reflect local priorities and...
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