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11 Oct 2021

Campaign launched to reopen rural station platform in Grimstone

The BBC reports on a new campaign launched to reinstate a station platform to provide rural communities with “much-needed” public transport Campaigners say villages surrounding…

11 Oct 2021

Bus driver shortage ‘crisis’ forces cancellations across rural areas

The Bristol Post reports that a severe bus driver shortage is forcing operators to cancel services, with West of England metro mayor Dan Norris branding…

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11 Oct 2021

Spotlight on Rural Housing – October 2021

A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network and produced in partnership with the Rural Housing Alliance, highlighting a selection of…

04 Oct 2021

RSN response to Spending Review

The Rural Services Network has highlighted the importance of the Government Releasing Opportunity and Removing Barriers for rural areas in its submission to the Spending…

04 Oct 2021

Levelling up is failing to solve the rural housing and planning crisis

An article written by our Chief Executive, Graham Biggs, featured this week in The Planner and a copy of the article is shown below The…

04 Oct 2021

Young and Low Paid Face Being Priced Out of Rural Areas

The BBC reports that the Office of National Statistics revealed that house prices rose up to three times faster in some rural areas compared to…

04 Oct 2021

New planning laws will stop countryside being ruined by ‘ugly development’

The Telegraph reports that Conservative Chairman, Oliver Dowden, used his inaugural address at the Conservatives’ conference in Manchester to signal that concerns about planning reforms…

04 Oct 2021

Fuel shortages expected to Lead to Rise in Pump Prices

The Daily Express reports that experts have revealed that ongoing fuel shortages will lead to increase in petrol prices and significant decrease in income for…

27 Sep 2021

UK Rent Prices Are Rising Four Times Faster in the Countryside Than in Cities

Vice reports that rural rent prices in the UK are rising four times faster than in cities, intensifying a countryside housing emergency that is hitting…

27 Sep 2021

UK petrol stations are being affected by lorry driver crisis

i News reports that fuel supply issues have resulted in service stations temporarily closing sites across Britain Sites with high demand, such as service stations…