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28 Oct 2020
Rural homelessness doubles since 2018 according to rural campaigners
‘Investing in affordable rural housing will level up and turbo charge the rural economy’ according to new research from CPRE, the countryside charity, English Rural…
19 Oct 2020
Rural Services APPG Meets Chief Secretary to the Treasury on Spending Review
On 13th October the Rural Services All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) met Steve Barclay MP The Chief Secretary to the Treasury to raise a number…
19 Oct 2020
Broadband users in rural areas are being left behind in major network upgrade
Newspapers, including The Telegraph and The Daily Mail, report on warnings from the National Audit Office (NAO) that rural communities are at risk of being…
19 Oct 2020
Rural Lens Review of Plan for Jobs – Protecting, supporting and creating jobs
The Government has put in place a range of measures, unprecedented in recent times and amounting to approaching £300 billion to address the impact of…
12 Oct 2020
Government criticised for northern lock downs
Several newspapers, including the Mirror and the Telegraph, have criticised the Government’s COVID-19 restrictions in the north as being unfair, when infection rates in some…
12 Oct 2020
New COVID-19 rules could hit jobs in rural areas
The Press & Journal report how the short-term Covid-19 restrictions that have recently come into force could have long-term impacts on rural areas, including job…
05 Oct 2020
RSN responds to Planning Consultation
The Government recently released a new Planning White Paper – Planning for the Future which has sparked debate across the country about the role of…
05 Oct 2020
New coronavirus maps show stark north-south divide amid fears of national lockdown
Several national outlets, including the BBC and Mirror, have questioned the north-south divide in COVID-19 cases Two-thirds of the population in northern England and a…
05 Oct 2020
Academic takes dementia friendly message to 10 Downing Street
Dementia expert Ian Sherriff BEM met Boris Johnson to discuss a new guide for local councils A University expert has met the Prime Minister to…
05 Oct 2020
Gigabit Take-up Advisory Group – Call for Evidence
Which?, the CBI and FSB have been asked by DCMS to convene an Advisory Group to advise on how best to stimulate demand for gigabit-capable…
