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18.03.2019
Press release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, 1 March 2019 Rural services providers call on Government to seize opportunity to end “rural mainstreaming” Rural services providers and community organisations across England are today calling on the Government to...
18.03.2019
An article from the BBC discusses how t he NHS is promising to reduce the gap between how long it takes to get a 999 response to critically injured patients in rural and urban areas. A BBC News...
18.03.2019
Tes reports this week on a new study from the Department for Education that finds even ‘successful’ small rural primary schools are still struggling to overcome financial difficulties, and facing challenges recruiting staff and delivering a broad curriculum. The...
18.03.2019
Northern Powerhouse and high streets minister Jake Berry MP has pledged to extend the future Digital Services Tax to include a two per cent tax on online retail, according to Retail Week. The tax would be used to level...
18.03.2019
The MJ this week reports that the issue of new funding responsibilities placed on councils was raised by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee. The Committee questioned Local Government Minister Rishi Sunak on extra costs that councils are...
18.03.2019
CityA.M. reports that the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Rural Business has raised concerns about how Ofcom’s commitments for 500 new mobile masts and 90 per cent 4G geographic coverage across the UK will be monitored. Ofcom has agreed...
18.03.2019
Nationwide is to pile pressure on high street rivals with a marketing campaign promising it will not leave towns deserted a ccording to an article in This is Money The building society is pledging that it will not...
18.03.2019
18 March 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 (11 March - 15 March) On Monday 11,...
11.03.2019
On Friday an event, hosted by Lord Cameron, was held in Taunton to mark the 20th anniversary of the last Rural White Paper and call for a new Rural Strategy. The conference, which was covered by PoliticsHome.com, examined a...
11.03.2019
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 reported by the Independent. There are now a combined...
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