Author: <span>Philip Cornish</span>
31 Dec 2013
Rural ambulance times ‘need rethink’
Below is a snippet from article take from BBC News: A minister has called for a change in paramedic response targets in rural areas after a man collapsed and died....
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23 Dec 2013
Government unveils finance settlement
The government urged councils to focus on ‘sensible savings’ as it unveiled its latest finance settlement. Communities secretary Eric Pickles made the plea as he published the government’s provisional local...
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23 Dec 2013
Lukewarm response to broadband day
RURAL businesses and communities have given a mixed response to “Super Switch on Day” giving thousands of local homes and fims access to superfast broadband. The Department for Culture, Media...
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23 Dec 2013
Rural warning over census proposals
CHANGES to the way census data is collected must not have a detrimental affect on rural communities, the government has been told. The warning comes in a Rural Services Network...
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23 Dec 2013
Expert voices rural housing concerns
Measures contained in the government’s Autumn Statement will have a direct impact on rural social housing, an expert has warned. Jo Lavis, of Rural Housing Solutions, highlighted a number of...
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16 Dec 2013
Chancellor in rural funding admission
CHANCELLOR George Osborne has admitted that Whitehall funding formulas give rural areas a raw deal. The way the government allocated funding had some “room for improvement,” Mr Osborne admitted. The...
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16 Dec 2013
First rural social enterprise zone named
CORNWALL has been designated Britain’s first rural social enterprise zone. The Cornwall Social Enterprise Zone was officially launched in a ceremony at the Eden Project by civil society minister Nick...
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16 Dec 2013
‘Radical rethink’ needed on rural economy
A RADICAL rethink is needed to recognise the contribution made to the rural economy by businesses other than farming and tourism, says a leading academic. A reassessment of the rural...
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16 Dec 2013
Rural economy ‘firmly’ in recovery
THE rural economy is said to be firmly in recovery as growth spreads from non-farming businesses to the agricultural sector. Seen as a barometer of business in the countryside, the...
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16 Dec 2013
Bus services face axe, warns report
BUS services in parts of England could disappear due to funding cuts, warns a report. Some 47% of local authorities are reducing their support for buses for 2013 with a...
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