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04 Nov 2014

Rural postal service under threat

PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 4 November 2014 Regular postal deliveries to remote rural communities are under threat, MPs have been told.  The Rural Services Network [1] made the assertion in...

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16 Sep 2014

Catastrophic proposals will ruin rural affordable housing

PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 16 September 2014 LOCAL communities will suffer under government plans that will reduce the amount of affordable housing in the countryside, England’s largest rural network has...

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29 Jul 2014

Funding package approved to fight crime in the countryside

PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 29 July 2014 THE government has confirmed a two-year funding package for a newly created National Rural Crime Network (NRCN) operating across England and Wales [1]....

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30 Jun 2014

High house prices force rural exodus

PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 30 June 2014 THE Rural Services Network [1] has welcomed a study highlighting the plight of people who are being forced out of the countryside due...

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13 May 2014

Rural network supports warning over childcare costs

PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 13 May 2014 Responding to findings that rural families pay £600 more per year in childcare costs than their urban counterparts [1], Rural Services Network [2]...

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07 May 2014

New threat to affordable rural housing

PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 7 May 2014 GOVERNMENT proposals threaten to reduce the delivery of much-needed affordable housing in the countryside, the Rural Services Network [1] has warned. The network...

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24 Apr 2014

National Rural Crime Network praised in parliament

PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 24 April 2014 AN innovative rural network set up to help combat crime in the countryside has been praised by a government minister.  Bus services are...

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10 Mar 2014

Bus service cuts threaten rural communities

PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release  11 March 2014 Further cuts to vital bus services threaten to have a devastating impact on England’s rural communities, the Rural Services Network [1] has warned. ...

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05 Feb 2014

Royal speaker at national affordable rural housing conference

PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 13 February 2014 Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal will be delivering a keynote speech at the national affordable rural housing conference being held in Cheltenham...

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04 Feb 2014

New national rural crime network launches

PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 4 February 2014 A new National Rural Crime Network, endorsed by eighteen (18) of the UK’s Police and Crime Commissioners, has been set up to help...

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