Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
17 Dec 2018
Local government funding
Local Government Secretary James Brokenshire announced last week the Government’s proposed 2.8 per cent funding increase for local authorities, as reported by PublicFinance.co.uk. This is, however, dependent on local authorities...
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17 Dec 2018
Lessons for rural transport provision
Rural bus services have suffered as funding pressures have grown, but there is good practice and evidence of what works out there, finds Brian Wilson. The Campaign for Better Transport...
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12 Dec 2018
Podcast Episode – The village with no bus and no shop
Carole Walker, is a former political news correspondent with the BBC. She has developed her own Podcast called ‘The View from Here’ and has kindly allowed the Rural Services Network...
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10 Dec 2018
Access to cash in rural areas
MP’s have recently debated the issue of access to cash machines in rural areas. The full debate can be viewed in Hansard here The RSN is concerned about the...
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10 Dec 2018
Funding of adult social care inquiry
The Rural Services APPG has for some months been carrying out an Inquiry into the future funding of Adult Social Care in the rural context. The Inquiry was limited to...
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10 Dec 2018
Cuts in street lights warning
Councils are switching off street lights in an attempt to make savings, according to The Times, with Devon county council even advising residents to use torches after 12.30am when lights...
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10 Dec 2018
Police row over funding cuts
Two police chiefs, one rural and one urban, are embroiled in a war of words over Government funding, according to the Express and Star. John Campion, chief of West Mercia...
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10 Dec 2018
‘Epidemic’ of criminal attacks on ATMs
The ATM operator Cardtronics has found that the UK is experiencing an ‘epidemic’ of attacks on cash machines causing damage of up to £150 million, as reported by Yahoo News....
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03 Dec 2018
The post-Brexit countryside plans
Five hundred farmers and rural businesses met in Westminster on Thursday 28 November to discuss post-Brexit countryside plans with Environment Secretary Michael Gove, as reported by the Darlington and Stockton...
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03 Dec 2018
Developers allowed to build on countryside
New government plans reveal that developers will be allowed to build on woodland and open countryside areas if they pay a tariff to offset the damage and promote wildlife in...
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