Press Releases
22 Sep 2022
New report shows devastating triple blow pushes rural communities into a cost-of-living emergency
A new report by Rural Services Network shows rural areas face ‘dual energy vulnerability’ of higher household and transport energy poverty, and lower wages The research found that homes in...
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20 Jun 2022
‘Hidden region’: rural England forgotten in Government’s Levelling Up White Paper
20th June 2022: Were England’s rural communities a distinct region, their need for Levelling Up would be greater than that of any other part of the country, according to new...
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30 May 2022
Rural Services Network appoints new Chief Executive Designate
The Rural Services Network is delighted to announce that it has appointed Kerry Booth, as the Chief Executive Designate from 1st June 2022 and she will become the Chief Executive...
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04 Apr 2022
NALC teams up with RSN to support market towns
The National Association of Local Councils has teamed up with the Rural Services Network (RSN) on a networking initiative to support market towns in England RSN, which is a Special...
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14 Feb 2022
Rural Health and Care and Levelling-Up Press Release
The Levelling Up White Paper follows hot on the heels of the Inquiry into Rural Health and Care, launched on 1st February. This highlighted the various significant problems experienced by...
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01 Feb 2022
Major Inquiry highlights the urban-rural divide in accessing health and care
A National Inquiry into Rural Health and Care calls for an overarching, place-based rural strategy to address rural health inequalities Professor Sir Chris Whitty, England’s Chief Medical Officer, will be...
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16 Dec 2021
2022-2023 Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement Announcement
2022-2023 Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement Announcement Thursday 16th December 2021 The Rural Services Network welcomes the 2022-2023 Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement, announced today by the Rt Hon Michael...
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16 Sep 2021
The RSN and the CCN launch Social Care Reform Report
Social care reforms will protect more individuals from large care costs but will not improve access to care and could make local care markets ‘unsustainable’, report warns Thursday, September 16,...
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04 Aug 2021
Rural communities ‘overlooked’ in Whitehall’s allocation of post-Brexit Levelling Up fund
‘Keep It Simple’ – Rural councils and service providers call on government to ensure Levelling Up funds are allocated fairly, transparently and based on need 4th August 2021: The way...
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08 Mar 2021
Government urged to “give people in villages the same opportunity as those living in bigger towns and cities”
MPs call for rural-urban parity at conference aimed at revitalising rural Warnings of cost of lack of transport and broadband infrastructure on communities further isolated by COVID-19 Government urged to...
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