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Lockdown 3.0
We are still here at the RSN for all of our customers and partners. We remain working from home, ready to support you all to ensure that the rural voice is heard at a national level. We'd love to hear from you if you have any queries or want to get in touch admin@sparse.gov.uk
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11.01.2021
Local paper Hereford Times has reported on calls for Boris Johnson to take urgent action to help pupils lacking the devices or connections needed to learn at home as schools shut down during the third lockdown Former Prime Minister...
07.12.2020
The Telegraph reports on complaints raised by rural residents that they are being ‘penalised’ through COVID-19 restrictions that unfairly affect rural communities Following the November nation-wide lockdown, the article calls on the Government to ‘never again resort to a...
30.11.2020
The Telegraph has reported on warnings from Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab MP (Con) over the possibility of a third national lockdown if the country fails to ‘get the balance right’, throwing proposals to ‘decouple’ rural areas from the most restrictive...
09.11.2020
The website LocalGov.co.uk reports that the Local Government Association (LGA) is urging the Government to work with councils to develop a clear lockdown exit strategy The LGA said that Whitehall must learn from the past seven months to work...
12.10.2020
Several newspapers, including the Mirror and the Telegraph, have criticised the Government’s COVID-19 restrictions in the north as being unfair, when infection rates in some areas of the south are not far behind The articles allege that the Government...
12.10.2020
The Press & Journal report how the short-term Covid-19 restrictions that have recently come into force could have long-term impacts on rural areas, including job losses and businesses becoming unviable Scottish Land and Estates (SLE), which represents rural businesses...
05.10.2020
Several national outlets, including the BBC and Mirror, have questioned the north-south divide in COVID-19 cases Two-thirds of the population in northern England and a fifth of people in the Midlands are facing extra restrictions, while no local authority...
21.09.2020
Several newspapers, including the Northern Echo, have reported that rural residents are unhappy that they have been brought into lockdown when cases are not as high there as other parts of the county The lockdown has been instigated across...
03.08.2020
The Sunday Times has covered news that Boris Johnson set out a war gaming exercise last Wednesday in No 10 that debated the possibility of further travel restrictions and extra measures The Prime Minister has ordered officials to draw...
27.07.2020
Living through lockdown has left many of us rethinking our homes, and where we live, in ways we may never have imagined. When your entire life takes place within the confine of the walls of your home, how much space...
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Public Sector Funding
The RSN demands fairer funding from Central Government who have historically and systematically underfunded rural areas.
Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
Health and Wellbeing
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
Vulnerability
Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of issues such as poor transport, lack of broadband low wages and higher than average house prices.
Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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