Author: <span>Richard</span>
16 Nov 2022
November Edition of Casebook from the Rural Health and Care Alliance
November 2022 Edition In Casebook this time: delayed discharge, the problem of getting into care homes, spiralling agency costs, A&E challenges and a great story about ground source heating! Read...
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14 Nov 2022
Levelling Up Rural Britain Debate
Wednesday 9th November saw a Backbench debate in the House of Commons on Levelling Up Rural Britain, introduced by Selaine Saxby MP from North Devon who opened the session by...
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14 Nov 2022
New Chair of RSN Appointed
It’s all change at the top of the Rural Services Network as the organisation bids a fond farewell and a huge thank you to its long-standing Chair Councillor Cecilia Motley...
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14 Nov 2022
Introducing the Home Upgrade Grant: Phase 2 (HUG 2)
The Home Upgrade Grant: Phase 2 (HUG 2) is a grant funding scheme of up to £700m launched by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to help...
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14 Nov 2022
Rural areas are being failed by the Government
Shropshire Star reports how a Shropshire MP has warned that rural areas are at risk of being left behind due to government “neglect” and a Levelling Up policy that does not...
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14 Nov 2022
Bus and adult care services face cuts, English councils warn
Councils across England have warned that they are likely to start cutting everyday services from next year as their finances are squeezed, with some fearing they could be facing bankruptcy...
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14 Nov 2022
Tractors and crops targeted in rural crime wave
The BBC reports that private security patrols are being used to protect crops and expensive farm equipment amid a rural crime wave in England and Wales Farmers have told the...
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14 Nov 2022
The rural communities living in fear of the plague of HGVs
The Telegraph reports that rural campaigners are calling for a total ban on heavy lorries using village roads as a time and cost-cutting shortcut The ever-increasing number of HGVs thundering...
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14 Nov 2022
Town and Parish Councils in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk – Rural Mobility Survey
Transport East are launching our first Rural Mobility Survey. This survey will reveal a wider picture of the connectivity challenges and opportunities in their region as well as understanding the...
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07 Nov 2022
Cost-of-living crisis in the countryside
The below article written by RSN Chair Cecilia Motley is featured in this months Local Government First (click here to view this article). (NB it was written for publication before Liz Truss...
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