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28 Jan 2019
Clean air strategy to intensify rural fuel poverty
The RSN has this week written to the Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, to ask him to consider the impact that the Clean…
28 Jan 2019
133 year wait for rural social housing
The Yorkshire Post reported on new analysis of government figures by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) that suggest a 133-year wait for social…
28 Jan 2019
Spotlight on Rural Housing – January 2019
A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network and produced in partnership with the Rural Housing Alliance, highlighting a selection of…
23 Jan 2019
Rural Economy Committee – RSN Summary of the Final Evidence Session
The House of Lords Rural Economy Committee met for a final evidence session on the Government’s vision for the rural economy on Tuesday 22 January.…
23 Jan 2019
Podcast Episode – The rural food bank
Carole Walker, is a former political news correspondent with the BBC. She has developed her own Podcast called ‘The View from Here’ and has kindly…
21 Jan 2019
Underfunding of rural hospitals
Health think tank The Nuffield Trust has published its review on the impact of rurality on the costs of delivering health care in partnership with…
21 Jan 2019
Students walk ‘dark and dangerous’ route in the face of bus cuts
Parents and students in North Hampshire are protesting proposed cuts to school bus services that would see pupils walking three miles across ‘unlit heathland and…
21 Jan 2019
First Church Archdeacon for ‘Rural Mission’ appointed
Canon Sally Gaze is the first Church of England Archdeacon for Rural Mission to be appointed, according to the Church Times. The Archdeacon for Rural…
21 Jan 2019
Farmers left behind by poor connectivity
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has published the results of a recent survey that highlighted the extent of poor mobile and broadband coverage in remote…
15 Jan 2019
RSN Economic Profiling Service – November 2018
– Unemployment Claimant Flows as an Indicator of Economic Performance JSA claimant flows analysis (November 18) JSA claimants as percentage of working population analysis (June…
