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15 Mar 2021
Home care issues for people in rural areas
The BBC reports on complaints around social care services in rural areas due to a lack of staff and high mileage costs. More than 80…
15 Mar 2021
Government confirms financial support for Shared Rural Network programme
Trade outlets including Computer Weekly have reported this week that the Government has published its transparency notice for the Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme, including…
15 Mar 2021
Rural property prices have risen by 20.8 per cent in the last five years
UK Investor Magazine reports that the average price of a rural property has risen by 20.8 per cent over the last five years, 3.3 per…
08 Mar 2021
Government urged to “give people in villages the same opportunity as those living in bigger towns and cities”
MPs call for rural-urban parity at conference aimed at revitalising rural Warnings of cost of lack of transport and broadband infrastructure on communities further isolated…
08 Mar 2021
Delivering equitable funding for rural areas is critical
Rural Services Network (RSN), CPRE, English Rural Housing Association and Britain’s Leading Edge have called for reform of Government funding, so that it adequately serves…
08 Mar 2021
Shropshire Council motion on Rural Fair Funding and levelling up
Shropshire Council debated a motion on 25th February which set out details of the imbalance of funding between rural and urban councils The motion asked…
08 Mar 2021
Government response on rural broadband and 5G fears is ‘inadequate’
The Government’s response to questions over its rollout of 5G and gigabit-capable broadband has been labelled ‘inadequate’ by MPs, reports The Telegraph this week The…
08 Mar 2021
Local Governments need the power to save their high streets
The Financial Times reports on the challenge facing the Government in helping the country emerge from lockdown and tackling a longer-term decline of town centres…
08 Mar 2021
UK Budget: the long road to levelling up
Following the chancellor’s delivery of the budget, papers including the Guardian and The Financial Times have reported on calls for the Government to publish the…
08 Mar 2021
Norfolk patients face some of the longest journeys to GPs
Great Armouth Mercury reports that people in rural Norfolk face longer journeys than almost anyone in the country to pick up prescriptions at a pharmacy,…
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