Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
05 Nov 2018
Rules against rural school closures
Closing a rural school in Wales should only happen after councils have done “everything they can” to keep it open, according to new guidelines. Changes to the School Organisation Code...
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05 Nov 2018
O2 boosts rural 4G Coverage
UK mobile network operator, O2, has promised to improve 4G coverage in 330 rural towns and villages across the UK with a £45 million expansion project, according to TotalTelecom and...
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05 Nov 2018
Budget Review – Implications for Rural Communities
The Treasury have provided us with a summary of announcements from the Budget 2018 which benefit Rural Areas. Below is a table showing these announcements set against the RSN...
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29 Oct 2018
Budget plans for broadband
The Chancellor will announce today hundreds of millions of pounds to support superfast broadband in remote areas of the country, according to The Sunday Telegraph. Phillip Hammond is expected to...
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29 Oct 2018
Councils could generate £320 billion
Councils could generate £320 billion for the UK economy over the next 50 years if they were able to build more high-quality council housing, according to the Local Government Association....
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29 Oct 2018
Campaigners warn of threat to countryside
ITV reports on claims from campaigners that plans to build a million new homes between Oxford and Cambridge, nicknamed The Oxford-Cambridge Arc, would destroy an area of countryside roughly the...
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28 Oct 2018
Podcast Episode – Listen to the next generation
Welcome to the Podcast series – ‘The View from Here’ Carole Walker, is a former political news correspondent with the BBC. She has developed her own Podcast called ‘The View...
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22 Oct 2018
Rural Health and Care Alliance launched
The National Central for Rural Health and Care (NCRHC) was launched in Parliament on Tuesday. Several MPs attended the event, with Anne-Marie Morris, MP for Newton Abbot and chair of...
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22 Oct 2018
Fund for rural broadband withdrawn
The BBC could lose money originally ring-fenced to fund rural broadband, according to new government plans. The Guardian reported that the £60 million fund could instead be handed to private...
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22 Oct 2018
Community support limitations
The Local Government Chronicle has responded to the Government’s recently announced strategy to tackle loneliness. The publication lauds Theresa May’s intention but questions the real effect ‘without much money to...
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