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Politics
04.12.2017
RURAL people are being asked to write to their MPs and call for a review of non-emergency patient transport services. It follows warnings by Age UK that older people are facing huge difficulties getting to routine hospital appointments....
30.11.2017
The Rural Services Network is calling on the government to ensure that rural communities receive fairer funding for vital public services. It comes as the government prepares to announce its local government settlement for 2018-19 – its...
19.10.2017
COUNCIL leaders travelled to parliament to highlight the need for fairer rural funding. Lincolnshire county council leader Martin Hill and other local authority leaders from the county met local government minister Marcus Jones on Wednesday (18 October)....
01.09.2017
THE government wants more councils to join forces and submit proposals to retain the growth in their business rates income. A pilot programme will see a number of councils retain 100% of the growth in income raised locally through...
09.07.2017
Urgent action is needed to tackle the impact of austerity on local services, a coalition of 12 national organisations has warned. Unless the government acts, rural areas risk becoming enclaves of the affluent, said the Rural Coalition . ...
22.06.2017
Huge concern has been voiced by council leaders after the Local Government Finance Bill was omitted from the Queen's Speech. The Bill had set out a framework to allow local government in England to keep all of the £26...
09.06.2017
THE need to focus attention on rural economies and new routes to economic growth are the key themes of the Rural Conference 2017. Speakers at the autumn event include David Goodhart, who will examine the way rural communities voted...
31.05.2017
Politicians are being urged to ensure that Brexit works for the countryside when negotiations start after this month's general election. The call was made in a rural charter published by the Countryside Alliance ahead of voting on Thursday, 8...
29.05.2017
THE Rural Services Network has called on the next government to deliver a fair deal for the countryside. It comes as the charity Action with Communities in Rural England highlighted the need for future government policy to be 'rural...
25.05.2017
ACTION with Communities in Rural England has warned that future government policy must be fully 'rural proofed'. The charity published its ' Election Asks ' after the main political parties published their manifestos ahead of the 8 June general election....
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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.
Rural Health and Wellbeing
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
Rural 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.
Rural Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
Rural Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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