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01 Jun 2020
Tough new rules to lock down whole towns to rapidly isolate new COVID-19 sufferers
The Sun warns that some towns could face isolated lockdown measures if there are regional flare-ups, as Boris Johnson announced the Government’s crucial new ‘track…
01 Jun 2020
Financial Times reflects sentiment that increasing numbers of city-dwellers are now considering a move to the countryside due to the pandemic
An opinion editorial in the Financial Times this week confirms the growing number of urban residents that are now considering living in the countryside as…
01 Jun 2020
UK Shared Prosperity Fund must replace lost EU rural funding
Farming Life has called for urgent progress to be made on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to replace EU funding that will be lost due…
01 Jun 2020
Local communities could run rural railway lines
The Yorkshire Post has published an article by politician, activist and author Paul Salveson, in which he argues that the crisis has posed huge challenges…
27 May 2020
Over 65 population projections (2012 to 2043)
The following analysis demonstrates the future challenges facing local authorities in supporting communities, with predicted ageing populations for all authority types. The predicted proportion of…
26 May 2020
The Rural Housing Alliance have written to the Secretary of State for Housing to offer support
The Rural Housing Alliance (RHA), which works in partnership with the Rural Services Network and National Housing Federation, is a group of leading housing associations…
26 May 2020
RSN asks Government for local approach to track and trace
The Rural Services Network, along with other members of the Rural Coalition, a grouping of organisations representing rural areas has written to Rt Hon Matt…
26 May 2020
The Plunkett Foundation write to Local Authority Leaders
The Plunkett Foundation (alonside other organisations) has written to Local Authority Leaders to highlight the importance of local social enterprises, co-operatives and community businesses to…
26 May 2020
Study suggests increase in employment in rural areas despite lockdown
Several outlets, including the BBC and the Independent, report on a study showing that some rural parts of the UK have seen a surge in…
26 May 2020
£3.8 million rural economy innovation centre set to launch
The North East Times Magazine, Insider Media and Bdaily report that a new national innovation centre set to support the UK’s rural economy will launch…
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