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28 Apr 2021
28/04/2021 – RSN Seminar: Rural Decarbonisation
Date: 28th April 2021 Subject: Rural Decarbonisation Chair: Graham Biggs, Chief Executive, Rural Services Network – To download the Agenda for this seminar click here…
26 Apr 2021
RSN evidence in House of Lords Select Committee Report
The House of Lords Select Committee on Covid-19 has published a report on 21st April 2021, on the Inquiry into ‘Living Online: the long term…
26 Apr 2021
Government Response to Consultation on Changes to the Planning System
Some Good News but a need to remain vigilant The Government’s response to the Consultation on Changes to the Current Planning System has now been…
26 Apr 2021
UK aims to take rural areas out of digital dark age
The Government has outlined plans to wipe out mobile signal blindspots in rural areas and the road network, as part of reforms to improve connectivity…
26 Apr 2021
Rural transport: Young people ‘written off’
Young people in isolated communities without good public transport are being ‘written off’, according to a report on the BBC National figures show more than…
26 Apr 2021
Small villages could soon find it easier to provide affordable housing for local residents
South Somerset District Council is asking the Government to designate most of its parishes as ‘rural’, in a move to help provide affordable homes for…
26 Apr 2021
Raising the bar on energy-efficient, affordable rural homes to help meet zero carbon targets
Hastoe have launched their New-Build Standard, setting out the minimum requirements for all our new homes Hastoe Development Director Ulrike Maccariello explains: “We have always…
26 Apr 2021
Labour launches policy review as data shows £255m cut to rural communities
Labour has launched its rural England policy review and outlined its plan to become ‘the party of the great British countryside’ as LabourList reports on…
26 Apr 2021
Warning over picturesque countryside at risk of being spoilt by housing developments
There has been a 129 per cent increase in developments planned on greenfield land, putting them at risk of ‘rapid and reckless’ projects, according to…
19 Apr 2021
Rural Review of Bus Back Better – National bus strategy
Whilst the RSN has published some initial thoughts on Bus Back Better, which the Government launched early in 2021, it has now had the opportunity…
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