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28 Jan 2019

Clean air strategy to intensify rural fuel poverty

The RSN has this week written to the Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, to ask him to consider the impact that the Clean Air Strategy will have on...

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28 Jan 2019

133 year wait for rural social housing

The Yorkshire Post reported on new analysis of government figures by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) that suggest a 133-year wait for social housing. The report examines recently...

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28 Jan 2019

What it’s like to lose rural public services

The website HuffPost UK has launched What It’s Like to Lose, a series to examine the impact of cuts to public services. The first article examined the effect of the...

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28 Jan 2019

Link raises fees to save rural ATMs

ATM network operator Link is planning to increase the fees it offers operators in order to keep free rural cash machines available, according to the website TalkingRetail.com. From April 1...

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28 Jan 2019

How to get superfast rural broadband

The Sunday Times has published an article offering advice to readers on how to access superfast broadband in remote areas of the UK. Three options are listed: a universal service...

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28 Jan 2019

Santander to close one in five branches

The Times reported on Santander’s plans to close a fifth of its high street network and make over 800 staff redundant because customers are increasingly switching to online banking. 140...

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Spotlight on Rural Housing – January 2019
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28 Jan 2019

Spotlight on Rural Housing – January 2019

A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network and produced in partnership with the Rural Housing Alliance, highlighting a selection of current rural housing issues and...

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23 Jan 2019

Rural Economy Committee – RSN Summary of the Final Evidence Session

The House of Lords Rural Economy Committee met for a final evidence session on the Government’s vision for the rural economy on Tuesday 22 January. The committee heard evidence from:...

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23 Jan 2019

Podcast Episode – The rural food bank

Carole Walker, is a former political news correspondent with the BBC.  She has developed her own Podcast called ‘The View from Here’ and has kindly allowed the Rural Services Network...

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21 Jan 2019

Underfunding of rural hospitals

Health think tank The Nuffield Trust has published its review on the impact of rurality on the costs of delivering health care in partnership with the National Centre for Rural...

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