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03.12.2018
Complaints over adult social care in England have nearly trebled since 2010, according to the Guardian. The local government and social care ombudsman reported 3,106 complaints or inquiries about private or council-run care in 2017/18, an almost three-fold increase...
03.12.2018
A Rural Strategy was agreed at the recent AGM of the Rural Services Network. This document calls upon the Government to take the lead to produce a comprehensive, long term and funded Rural Strategy which should set out...
03.12.2018
Telford in Shropshire has been found to be England’s biggest fly-tipping hotspots with an average eight incidents per day, according to the Shropshire Star. Last year, £320,000 was spent on clearing up fly-tipped rubbish across Shropshire. One incident in...
03.12.2018
03 December 2018 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 (26 November - 30 November) On Monday 26...
26.11.2018
Nearly one fifth of hospitals consistently fail to hit waiting-time targets, according to new BBC analysis, with 29 hospital trusts out of 157 failing to meet a single target for a whole year. Waiting time targets are different across...
26.11.2018
The Farmers Guardian has warned that rural landlords could face an additional energy efficiency cost of up to £3,500 The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards introduced earlier this year prevented landlords from granting new leases for properties with an Energy...
26.11.2018
The Church of England will this week host a conference to brainstorm ways of supporting small, rural schools whilst ensuring they continue to offer the best education, according to an article in The Sunday Times. More than a third...
26.11.2018
New analysis from the road safety charity Brake has found that, on average, a cyclist or motorcyclist is killed every hour on UK roads, according to the website Motor1. The study also found that, during 2017, two thirds of...
26.11.2018
The parents of two teenagers killed by high-strength drugs have called for drug-testing facilities to be opened in town centres around the UK. Other countries such as the Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain provide government-funded services where people can test...
26.11.2018
The Mirror reports that a firm which organises hunting trips in the UK costing up to £25,000 has come under fire from animal welfare campaigners. The company, Europehunts.com, is jointly run by an American and a British man and...
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