Author: <span>Richard</span>
21 Sep 2020
Hinterland – 21 September 2020
In Hinterland this week – just one coronavirus story for a change amidst a bevvy of other rural issues around: crime, farming and the environment, housing (and algorithms) and finally...
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14 Sep 2020
The National Rural Conference 2020 week is a go!
The Rural Services Network annual National Rural Conference is taking place at the moment with over 500 bookings for the week of events With each day focusing on a different...
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14 Sep 2020
Call for the government to increase funding for Post Offices
The Citizens Advice has published a briefing and a blog calling on Government to increase the subsidy to the post office network at the upcoming spending review, in order to...
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14 Sep 2020
Boris Johnson faces Conservative rebellion over plans to build more rural homes
The Mail on Sunday reports that Prime Minister Boris Johnson MP (Con) is facing a mounting revolt within his party over plans to boost house building amid claims the ‘disastrous’...
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14 Sep 2020
Rural and seaside property boom eclipsing 2019 levels despite pandemic
WalesOnline reports that property sales this year in popular rural and seaside locations across the UK have already surpassed the number of transactions seen across the whole of 2019 Rightmove...
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14 Sep 2020
Labour warned it ‘cannot afford’ to ignore rural voters
Labour List and Devon Live report on the Countryside Alliance’s allegations that the Labour Party’s has a so-called ‘rural problem’ The Alliance has published a report tracking how the party...
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14 Sep 2020
Rural areas are eligible for thousands in vouchers towards better broadband
Several news outlets, including the MailOnline, report on the announcement that more rural homes and businesses could benefit from the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme which has received additional funding The...
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14 Sep 2020
Lack of infrastructure locks young out of rural areas
Farmers Guardian reports that an ’ecosystem of disadvantage’ is severely affecting young peoples’ ability to live and work rurally, according to a report from the Rural Youth Project (RYP) The...
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14 Sep 2020
Rural Economy Spotlight – September 2020
A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network highlighting a selection of current rural economic development news, issues and opportunities Rural Economy features prominently at National...
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14 Sep 2020
Hinterland – 14 September 2020
It’s the first virtual RSN Conference this week. I hope to see many of you there. We have six stories here about increasing residential interest in villages, free trade threats...
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