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17 Sep 2018
Rural Economy Spotlight – September 2018
A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network highlighting a selection of current rural economic development news, issues and opportunities Agriculture…
10 Sep 2018
Farmers criticise plans for migrant workers
Following the Government’s new visa scheme announcement on Thursday, several farmers’ associations have criticised the plans as, ‘simply not enough’. The new visa scheme, announced…
10 Sep 2018
Elderly care ‘on brink of collapse’
A new survey by the charity Independent Age has revealed that chronic under-funding of social care means that older people are ‘increasingly let down’ by…
03 Sep 2018
Forced travel for child mental health care
Children forced to travel hundreds of miles for NHS mental health treatment The Guardian reported on figures showing that, despite a Government pledge to end…
03 Sep 2018
Dorset hit hard by ageing population
Dorset to be among places hardest hit by Britain’s ageing population, figures reveal The Bournemouth Echo covered Office for National Statistics figures showing that rural…
22 Aug 2018
Number of rural elderly to increase
Older people continue to make up a higher proportion of the population in rural and coastal areas than urban areas, confirm the latest government statistics. The…
17 Aug 2018
Councils warn against cutting back services
Plans to strip back public services and offer only a basic ‘core offer’ of services to local residents could be become the norm, county councils…
16 Aug 2018
MPs seek evidence for bus services inquiry
MPs are asking for help to shape an inquiry into the decline of the bus market in England outside London. Bus service use is in…
15 Aug 2018
Funding for rural community groups
Community groups providing activities for rural young people in Shropshire are being encouraged to apply for funding. The second funding round of Shropshire Council’s Rural Youth…
15 Aug 2018
Charity uses drone to locate rural homeless
An outreach team is pioneering the use of live-streamed video from a drone to help support workers to find people sleeping rough in remote rural and…
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