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01 Apr 2019
Government invests in rural bus service
IT Pro and Yahoo News report that the Department for Transport is hoping to transform rural bus services with a digital system that opens up…
01 Apr 2019
Citizens’ Panel encourage a rural community voice
People from rural communities are being encouraged to have their say on the financial and economic issues they face directly to senior policy makers at…
25 Mar 2019
Shadow Defra Minister: ‘Rural areas not Gov priority’
Shadow Minister for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs David Drew MP has written a piece in the Stroud News and Journal about the ‘challenges’…
25 Mar 2019
Rural businesses close as they struggle to find staff
The Yorkshire Post reports on comments made by Susan Briggs, director of The Tourism Network, in which she said Brexit, a lack of public transport,…
25 Mar 2019
Future High Streets Fund criticised
Bill Grimsey, former chief executive at Wickes, Iceland and Focus DIY, has written in The MJ to criticise the Government’s deadline for councils to bid…
18 Mar 2019
Government urged to produce new rural strategy ahead of Brexit
Press release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, 1 March 2019 Rural services providers call on Government to seize opportunity to end “rural mainstreaming” Rural services providers…
18 Mar 2019
How to reduce rural ambulance waits
An article from the BBC discusses how the NHS is promising to reduce the gap between how long it takes to get a 999 response…
18 Mar 2019
Minister pledges tax on online retail
Northern Powerhouse and high streets minister Jake Berry MP has pledged to extend the future Digital Services Tax to include a two per cent tax…
11 Mar 2019
Council warns of £1bn social care black hole
Following the announcement that councils will be allowed to raise taxes by 2.99 per cent in 2019/2020, town hall leaders warned of a £1 billion…
11 Mar 2019
Rural England – A different place demands a different strategy
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the last Rural White Paper a wide range of rural advocates from across the country will consider how a new Rural…
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