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14 Oct 2019

Lord Foster: Rural Britain has been ignored for too long

Chair of the Lords Rural Economy Select Committee Lord Foster of Bath has argued this week in Politics Home that the Government needs to implement…

14 Oct 2019

Fairer police officer recruitment required for rural areas

The National Rural Crime Network have given their view on the Home Office announcement on police officer numbers for England and Wales. Julia Mulligan, Chair of…

07 Oct 2019

Rural Crime Week of Action

Sunday 6th – Sunday 13th October The National Rural Crime Network is supporting the Rural Crime Week of Action being organised by the National Police…

07 Oct 2019

Rural homelessness rising

Sky News has this week published research that reveals the number of social homes being built in rural England has fallen by more than 80…

07 Oct 2019

Whitehall updates the Index of Multiple Deprivation

The 2019 version of this Index does not solve rural concerns, but it is likely to be widely used and should not be ignored, says…

30 Sep 2019

Local Government First Article – Time for a Rural Strategy

The Rural Services Network featured in this months Local Government First with an article about the Time for a Rural Strategy campaign Cllr Cecilia Motley…

30 Sep 2019

Councils need power and funding to tackle climate change

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for councils to be handed further power and funding in order to meet national climate change targets, according…

16 Sep 2019

Rural police force achieves international recognition

North Yorkshire’s rural police force has been shortlisted for the World Class Policing Awards 2019, according to local paper York Press The force, which is…