Author: <span>Richard</span>
11 Mar 2019
Council warns of £1bn social care black hole
Following the announcement that councils will be allowed to raise taxes by 2.99 per cent in 2019/2020, town hall leaders warned of a £1 billion social care funding gap, as...
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11 Mar 2019
Rural England – A different place demands a different strategy
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the last Rural White Paper a wide range of rural advocates from across the country will consider how a new Rural Strategy can deliver for rural communities...
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11 Mar 2019
Ambulance wait times longer in rural areas
The BBC is allowing people to find out the average ambulance response times in their area, after it emerged that some rural communities have to wait more than 20 minutes...
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11 Mar 2019
Knife crime rising fastest in rural areas
The Guardian reports on 10th March about how Knife crime is rising at a much steeper rate in the home counties and rural provinces than in London according to police figures. Guardian analysis...
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11 Mar 2019
Access to cash remains in serious jeopardy
Access to Cash Review welcome but free-to-access cash remains in serious jeopardy NoteMachine has today welcomed Natalie Ceeney’s Access to Cash report as critical to the debate on the future...
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11 Mar 2019
Changes to rural school transport
Parents in North Yorkshire, England’s largest county, risk losing their entitlement to free door-to-door school transport from September, according to the Yorkshire Post. The county currently spends £24.1 million per...
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11 Mar 2019
Rural Economy Spotlight – March 2019
A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network highlighting a selection of current rural economic development news, issues and opportunities Sign up to the call for...
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11 Mar 2019
RSP Member – AF Affinity Limited
AF Affinity Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of The AF Group, a farmer-owned UK agricultural cooperative with an annual turnover of over £260million. Utilising the buying power of AF,...
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07 Mar 2019
Secondary Education
This analysis presents data on GCSE and equivalent results using source data from the Department for Education for the academic year 2017/18. Select the authority of interest to show the...
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04 Mar 2019
Councils selling public spaces to cover costs
An investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ), the results of which have been published by HuffPost UK, has found that local councils across the country are selling off...
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