Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
07 Feb 2018
Rural broadband ‘still in slow lane’
Campaigners say many rural areas still lack adequate broadband – although connections are getting faster. The government says it has delivered on a manifesto commitment to extend superfast broadband to...
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01 Feb 2018
New leadership for Parliamentary group
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Rural Services has elected two MPs as it new co-chairs. Co-chairs Philip Dunne, MP (Ludlow) and Rebecca Pow, MP (Taunton Deane) were elected on Tuesday...
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01 Feb 2018
New leadership for rural group in Parliament
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release Thursday, 1 February 17 Meeting in Parliament on 30th January the All – Party Group on Rural Services elected new Co-Chairs, Philip Dunne, MP (Ludlow...
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19 Jan 2018
Rural areas lack cash machines
Rural communities are among 200 areas in Britain with few or no cash machines. Consumer group Which? says the communities might be hardest hit by proposals that could reduce the...
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15 Jan 2018
Poor social mobility in rural areas
Many of the places where people from disadvantaged backgrounds are least likely to make social progress are rural areas, notes Brian Wilson. Shortly before standing down the Social Mobility Commission published its...
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12 Jan 2018
Post offices given community status
Some 3000 post office counters have been designated “community branches” as they deliver services to rural residents, says the government. Business minister Andrew Griffiths was responding to a parliamentary written question about...
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11 Jan 2018
Rural views sought on community rail
RURAL residents are being urged to respond to a Department for Transport consultation on community railways. A community rail line is a railway supported by a local partnership giving local...
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04 Jan 2018
‘Travel hubs’ to connect rural villages
Three villages could become “rural travel hubs” to improve rural transport in Cambridgeshire. The pilot hubs, to be funded by the Greater Cambridge Partnership, will be travel interchanges tailored for...
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03 Jan 2018
Rural homes ‘face higher fuel bills’
Government green energy proposals could force up rural heating bills, claim oil companies. Almost one million rural households in England and Wales could see their heating bills soar if new...
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01 Jan 2018
Rural families spend £3k more on essentials
Rural households spend about £3000 more per year than their urban counterparts on essentials, suggests a study. Inflation when it comes to goods and services in rural areas is also...
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