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20.05.2013
FIBRE broadband will be rolled out to around 98% of West Sussex homes and businesses within three years. A new fibre network will transform broadband speeds across the county and its rural areas, said West Sussex County Council...
20.05.2013
ALMOST three-quarters of rural voters feel politicians are more interested in city dwellers, suggests a poll. Some 64% of people living in the countryside believe that the coalition government's policies are failing to help rural Britain. And...
17.05.2013
GUIDELINES to ensure government policies don't discriminate against rural communities have been published online. The national rural proofing guidelines were published by DEFRA on Thursday (16 May). Rural proofing is not optional, not complicated and not a...
16.05.2013
THE rural economy faces a battle to avoid slipping again into recession, says a report. Rising unemployment, shrinking profits and plummeting confidence in countryside businesses has thrown the rural economy to the brink of a further recession, it...
13.05.2013
BROADBAND speeds in the countryside continue to languish behind those in larger towns and cities. Rural broadband connections are three times slower than speeds in cities, according to the latest DEFRA bulletin . In 2012, the average...
11.05.2013
Changes to planning rules will make it easier to bring redundant rural buildings back into use. A relaxation of planning rules will allow the use of outbuildings to be changed under permitted development rights. Ministers have announced...
07.05.2013
RURAL crimefighters could win £1000 by helping to keep countryside communities safe. The Country Crime Fighters Awards is a nationwide competition to recognise innovative examples of crime prevention in the countryside. The competition is run by rural...
03.05.2013
A MIXED picture of rural life is painted by the latest statistics published by DEFRA. The 2013 Statistical Digest of Rural England includes details about a range of social and economic subject areas. The latest edition of...
30.04.2013
Click on your authority to access the information available at ward and parish level This information and analysis has been made available solely for areas where their local district or unitary authority is a paying member of the Rural...
29.04.2013
CHEAPER energy bills could be offered to rural communities that agree to local shale-gas extraction. Fracking involves forcing shale-gas out of the ground by blasting water into rocks. But environmentalists say the practice can cause earth tremors and...
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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.
Rural Health and Wellbeing
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
Rural Vulnerability
Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of issues such as poor transport, lack of broadband low wages and higher than average house prices.
Rural Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
Rural Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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