Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
29 Jun 2018
Fresh warning over rural broadband
Rural communities could be left behind without public subsidies for the rollout of fibre broadband, the government will be told. Government ministers needs to go “further and faster” by subsidising the rollout...
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27 Jun 2018
Campaign celebrates bus services
A new campaign is celebrating the benefits of bus travel and the diversity of bus passengers, ahead of Catch the Bus Week.. Launched by Bus Users UK, the #ilovemybus initiative...
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27 Jun 2018
Launch of national rural health centre
A pioneering new centre to improve health and care in rural areas across the UK is being formally launched in Lincolnshire. The National Centre for Rural Health and Care, which...
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27 Jun 2018
How financially secure are rural residents?
The financial circumstances of huge numbers of rural residents make them potentially vulnerable, finds Brian Wilson. Last year the Financial Conduct Authority, which is the statutory body that regulates financial...
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24 Jun 2018
Call to enter 2018 High Street awards
Rural communities across the UK are being urged to back their local high streets by entering them into the Great British High Street Awards 2018. Tun by the Ministry of...
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20 Jun 2018
Rural residents face banking challenge
Rural residents find it harder to get to a bank and tend not to be able to use online banking, says the Financial Conduct Authority The latest FCA report puts...
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20 Jun 2018
Framework could ease broadband provision
An updated wayleave framework could speed up the roll-out of rural broadband while ensuring fair treatment for landowners. The updated national Rural Communications Agreement was developed by the Country Land...
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18 Jun 2018
Funding seeks to ease pressure on services
Projects to reduce pressure on rural public services by helping migrant workers and their families are being launched in Cambridgeshire. Some £110,500 of government funding will be used to run English...
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15 Jun 2018
House of Lords inquiry into rural economy
A House of Lords committee is to investigate the challenges facing rural communities and the rural economy. It follows the appointment by peers of an ad hoc select committee to...
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14 Jun 2018
Council consults on rural library services
One of England’s largest county councils has teamed up with a charity to improve rural access to its library services. Devon’s libraries attracted 2.7 million visits last year – welcoming...
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