Author: <span>Richard</span>
22 Jan 2018
Village halls ‘vital service providers’
Village halls are vital when it comes to delivering rural services, Defra minister Lord Gardiner of Kimble has said. The rural affairs minister and Conservative peer described the community buildings as...
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19 Jan 2018
Rural areas lack cash machines
Rural communities are among 200 areas in Britain with few or no cash machines. Consumer group Which? says the communities might be hardest hit by proposals that could reduce the...
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17 Jan 2018
Funding cuts pile pressure on services
Funding cuts are set to pile further pressure on already over-stretched public services, the Rural Services Network has warned. Rural local authorities are set to lose one third of their...
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17 Jan 2018
Funding cuts pile pressure on vital public services
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release Wednesday, 17 January 2018 Rural local authorities are set to lose one third of their funding from central government – in a move which will pile...
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16 Jan 2018
Grant funding for rural Gloucestershire
Rural businesses are being encouraged to apply for LEADER and Growth programme grants in Gloucestershire. Capital investments grants range from £5,000 to about £100,000 (LEADER programme) and from £35,000 to...
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15 Jan 2018
New clampdown against fly-tippers
The government has unveiled new powers to tackle fly-tipping and plans to combat the dumping of illegal waste. New powers will be granted for the Environment Agency to tackle waste crime, said...
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15 Jan 2018
Poor social mobility in rural areas
Many of the places where people from disadvantaged backgrounds are least likely to make social progress are rural areas, notes Brian Wilson. Shortly before standing down the Social Mobility Commission published its...
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12 Jan 2018
Post offices given community status
Some 3000 post office counters have been designated “community branches” as they deliver services to rural residents, says the government. Business minister Andrew Griffiths was responding to a parliamentary written question about...
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11 Jan 2018
Rural views sought on community rail
RURAL residents are being urged to respond to a Department for Transport consultation on community railways. A community rail line is a railway supported by a local partnership giving local...
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09 Jan 2018
RSN Economic Profiling Service – November 2017
– Unemployment Claimant Flows as an Indicator of Economic Performance JSA claimant flows analysis (November 17) JSA claimants as percentage of working population analysis (June 17)
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