Cost of Living
30 Aug 2022
Second home owners in Cornwall urged to donate the £5.4m in energy rebates they will receive
Cornwall Live has reported that second home owners in Cornwall are due to receive a staggering £5.4million in energy rebates The rebates come as every home in the UK will...
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29 Aug 2022
The Rural Heating Challenge – National Rural Conference 2022 Feature Article
The Rural Heating Challenge Late last year, the long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy was published setting out details of a £3.9 billion package of support to decarbonise heat for buildings....
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29 Aug 2022
It’s time for a technology inclusive approach to heating rural homes – National Rural Conference 2022 Feature Article
OFTEC, an organisation with decades of experience in the rural heating industry, sets out the challenges and solutions for decarbonising off-gas-grid heating. The current cost of living crisis has driven...
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22 Aug 2022
Nurseries under threat in rural areas with one in five closing in recent years
The Telegraph reports that nurseries in rural areas are under threat as one in five has closed its doors between 2015 and 2020, according to figures from the Department for...
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15 Aug 2022
People turning back to cash as prices rise
The BBC report that people are going back to cash to keep tighter control on their spending as living costs soar, according to new research by the Post Office Post...
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15 Aug 2022
Why all the political parties need to start paying attention to rural communities
The Yorkshire post reports on the rising cost of living that is deeply affecting rural communities, with rising fuel prices and a lack of public transport, particularly affecting those in...
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08 Aug 2022
Countryside crime rise linked to cost-of-living crisis
The BBC report how the theft of farmers’ livestock, vehicles and fuel is on the rise due to the UK’s cost-of-living crisis, according to a new countryside crime report Rural...
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08 Aug 2022
More than half of UK households to be in fuel poverty by the new year, according to new report
The University of York reports that according to a new report by the university, more than half of households in the UK, or 15 million people, will have been pushed...
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01 Aug 2022
Why heat pumps sum up all that is wrong with ‘net zero’
The Telegraph reports how strict planning could force households to buy heat pumps even if they do not want them They were intended to be the silver bullet that meant...
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01 Aug 2022
Truss and Sunak tell rural Tory voters they will ‘champion’ their way of life
The Telegraph reports that the leadership candidates have pledged to ‘champion the rural way of life’ in a written plea to rural campaigners Writing in the magazine of the Countryside...
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