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27 Mar 2023

Leaders reveal vision for West of England rail network

BBC reports that a new vision for rail travel in the West of England shows how the area could nearly halve journey times between major…

27 Mar 2023

Pub is The Hub helps pubs to diversify and provide essential local services

Pub is The Hub is a not-for-profit organisation, which offers independent specialist advice to publicans on rural services diversification or the options for the community…

27 Mar 2023

Rural Homelessness Getting Worse

Sky News has featured the recently published research into rural homelessness which was commissioned by a group of key rural organisations including the Rural Services…

20 Mar 2023

Chronic increase of ‘hidden’ homelessness in the countryside fuelled by cost-of-living crisis, ground-breaking report shows

A year-long study exposes a surge in rural rough sleeping since the pandemic has been worsened by the cost-of-living crisis According to analysis of official…

20 Mar 2023

RSN response to Spring Budget 23

The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP launched the Spring Budget 2023 last week in Parliament and the Rural Services Network has been exploring some of…

20 Mar 2023

Rural poverty ‘overlooked’ by government, researchers warn

Farming UK reports that the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable people living in the countryside are being ‘overlooked and underserved’ by government policy,…

20 Mar 2023

More cash to fix Devon’s broken roads found

Devon Live reports that North Devon’s MP Selaine Saxby has welcomed extra funding to fix Devon’s potholes, after she raised the issue of North Devon’s…