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28.05.2019
The Lord Bishop of St Albans writes in PoliticsHome.com to raise awareness of the effects of fly-tipping on the British countryside. He notes that incidents of fly-tipping rose by 43% last year, up from the near 1 million recorded...
28.05.2019
The BBC reports that nearly 600 people suspected of being part of county lines drugs gangs have been arrested across the UK in an operation that took place between 13 and 20 May. Police forces led by the National...
07.05.2019
Ahead of a debate on rural crime in the House of Lords, the Bishop of St Albans wrote an article on the website PoliticsHome urging the Government to do more to fight rural crime. He referenced in particular the...
07.05.2019
07 May 2019 Below is an RSN review of last week's rural related politics as well as a look forward to the week ahead: Last week in politics (27 April - 3 May) On Tuesday 30,...
29.04.2019
29 April 2019 Below is an RSN review of last week's rural related politics as well as a look forward to the week ahead: Last week in politics (23 April - 26 April) On Wednesday 24,...
15.04.2019
Image credit - APEX Firefighters in Devon have taken on a new crime fighting role, report the BBC and The Telegraph. A police force in rural Devon has trained firefighters to act as special constables to help...
01.04.2019
01 April 2019 Below is an RSN review of last week's rural related politics as well as a look forward to the week ahead: Last week in politics (25 March - 29 March) On Monday 25,...
11.03.2019
The Guardian reports on 10th March about how Knife crime is rising at a much steeper rate in the home counties and rural provinces than in London according to police figures. Guardian analysis of official statistics shows a 45.7% average...
11.02.2019
Six police forces across the north of England joined forces on Thursday 7 February as part of an ongoing country-wide operation to tackle rural crime, according to a release by North Yorkshire Police. Over 200 people – police and...
23.01.2019
The House of Lords Rural Economy Committee met for a final evidence session on the Government’s vision for the rural economy on Tuesday 22 January. The committee heard evidence from: Michael Gove MP, Secretary of...
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Public Sector Funding
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The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
Future of Rural Areas
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