Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
13 Apr 2018
Closed courts threaten access to justice
The closure of magistrates’ courts is putting a strain on police budgets and threatens to undermine rural access to the justice system, says the Rural Services Network. RSN chairman Councillor...
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11 Apr 2018
Court closures threaten rural access to justice
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release Thursday, 12 April 2018 The Rural Services Network [1] has warned that the closure of magistrates’ courts is putting a strain on police budgets and threatening to undermine...
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11 Apr 2018
Rural issues of global importance – OECD
Rural areas are vital to national economies – both locally and around the world – and should be supported, says the OECD. The OECD released the the policy statement at...
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10 Apr 2018
Mobile companies ‘abandon rural areas’
Mobile network operators are failing to submit planning applications that could help improve coverage in some of the worst served rural areas, say campaigners. Figures obtained by the Country Land...
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04 Apr 2018
Revealed: Best rural places to live in 2018
The UK places with the best rural quality of life are revealed in the latest annual survey by British bank Halifax. Rutland in the East Midlands has been ranked the...
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04 Apr 2018
100% business rates relief for broadband
A new scheme is to exempt new broadband fibre connections from business rates – benefiting rural communities, says the government. The Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2018 paves the way for full-fibre...
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03 Apr 2018
Chance to have your say on rural life
The Prince’s Countryside Fund is encouraging people to have their say on the challenges faced by rural residents. Fund representatives are working with Sarah Skerratt from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)...
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29 Mar 2018
Detail needed on broadband pledge
A government pledge giving everyone the right to faster broadband is welcome news – but not the end of the story, says the Rural Services Network. The government has promised...
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29 Mar 2018
Rural Services Network responds to government’s ‘universal broadband’ pledge
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release Thursday, 29 March 2018 The Rural Services Network [1] has responded to a government pledge that everyone in the UK will have a legal right to...
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27 Mar 2018
Call for better access to National Parks
Campaigners say it must be made easier for people to visit England’s National Parks – including families without cars. Everyone should be able to access National Parks, including the one...
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