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20.05.2019
The Independent covers warnings by MP that the Post Office network is close to collapse, threatening thousands of branches, over the next 12 months. The warning comes as the Government plans to end its subsidy of the Post Office...
20.05.2019
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss has called for one million homes to be built on Green Belt land around the country. Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, she said: ‘Doing more of what we have been...
20.05.2019
The website LocalGov.co.uk reports on the news that Buses Minister Nusrat Ghani MP has written to local authorities to remind them that they have the freedom to take greater control of bus services. The letter was sent on 17...
20.05.2019
The website Telecoms.com reports that the CEOs of the four major UK mobile network operators (MNOs) have agreed, in theory, on a collaboration plan to address areas of the UK still struggling with connectivity. The agreement comes after the...
20.05.2019
Prominent business leaders and local politicians have written to the Treasury warning that failure to build the HS2 line would be a disaster for the Midlands and the north of England, according to The Times. The paper covers the...
20.05.2019
20 May 2019 Below is an RSN review of last week's rural related politics as well as a look forward to the week ahead: Last week in politics (13 May - 19 May) On Tuesday 14,...
13.05.2019
The Chair of the Lords Rural Economy Committee Lord Foster argues on the website PoliticsHome.com that successive governments have ignored rural communities, in particular in terms of business needs. He writes that rural policy ‘lacks direction’ and that rural...
13.05.2019
An open letter signed by the Rural Services Network and other interested parties was published in the Yorkshire Post. The letter echoes growing calls for Government to rural-proof all future policies to ensure that no part of the country...
13.05.2019
Researchers have found that British passengers have access to a poorer bus service compared with our European neighbours, as reported by the Mirror. The study, by the Foundation for Integrated Transport, compared bus services in Shropshire with comparable areas...
13.05.2019
A Treasury Select Committee report on consumers’ access to financial services, published on Monday 13, has been widely covered in the media. The report found that financial services providers had should always be acting in their customers’ best interests,...
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Public Sector Funding
The RSN demands fairer funding from Central Government who have historically and systematically underfunded rural areas.
Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
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The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
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