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07 Oct 2019

Vodafone UK shares network to improve rural connectivity

Vodafone UK has announced that it has agreed to share ‘unused’ 4G radio spectrum with StattoOpencell in a bid to improve rural connectivity ISPReview reports that the decision, which has...

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07 Oct 2019

Whitehall updates the Index of Multiple Deprivation

The 2019 version of this Index does not solve rural concerns, but it is likely to be widely used and should not be ignored, says Brian Wilson. In late September...

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07 Oct 2019

Spotlight on the RSN Observatory

The RSN’s Observatory is the place to discover the statistics behind key issues facing rural communities in England, issues that the RSN is striving to highlight and tackle through its...

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02 Oct 2019

RSN Economic Profiling Service – Summer 2019

2019 Vulnerability index

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30 Sep 2019

A quarter of rural businesses could be bankrupted by no-deal

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has warned that one in four rural businesses could be facing bankruptcy in a no-deal Brexit situation, as reported by the Guardian. In...

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30 Sep 2019

Local Government First Article – Time for a Rural Strategy

The Rural Services Network featured in this months Local Government First with an article about the Time for a Rural Strategy campaign Cllr Cecilia Motley (Con) is Chair of the...

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30 Sep 2019

Tories promise ‘infrastructure revolution’ to boost rural buses

The future of the bus report was produced by the Campaign for Better Transport a few weeks ago.  They welcome the Government announcement today that it intends to deliver on their...

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30 Sep 2019

Labour should target remainers to win rural vote

A polling expert has advised the Labour Party to target EU remainers to win back support in rural areas Joe Twyman, of polling firm Deltapoll, was speaking at a National...

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30 Sep 2019

Create jobs to protect high streets

The chief executive of the Centre for Cities, Andrew Carter, argues in a piece in The MJ this week that the best way to protect high streets is to create...

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30 Sep 2019

Councils need power and funding to tackle climate change

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for councils to be handed further power and funding in order to meet national climate change targets, according to the website, Public Sector...

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