Rural Fair Funding
Amid reduced public spending, fair resource allocation across regions is crucial. Despite a population larger than Greater London, rural areas receive significantly less funding for essential services, even though delivering these services in rural locales is costlier.
26 May 2026
Government Announces Summer Cost Of Living Support Package
The Government has announced a new package of measures aimed at helping households and businesses manage ongoing cost-of-living pressures, including free bus travel for children across England during August. The...
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18 May 2026
What The King’s Speech Means For Rural Areas
The King’s Speech sets out the Government’s legislative programme for the year ahead, outlining the Bills and policy priorities Ministers intend to bring before Parliament
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12 May 2026
Chief Medical Officer Explores Rural Health Challenges In Devon
England’s Chief Medical Officer, Sir Chris Whitty, has visited Devon as part of a wider fact-finding tour examining the health challenges facing people living in rural towns and communities.
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12 May 2026
DfE Updates Funding Guidance For Local Authorities
The Department for Education has updated its document collection pages covering both 16 to 19 education and skills funding and adult education and skills funding.
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06 May 2026
Rural Economy In Focus
Last week, we brought members together for our latest RSN seminar, turning the spotlight on the rural economy, an area full of opportunity, but facing growing and often overlooked pressures.
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06 May 2026
MPs Raise Concerns Over Fire And Rescue Service Funding
A recent Westminster Hall debate examined the funding of fire and rescue services, with MPs from across parties raising concerns about financial pressures, workforce capacity, and the ability of services...
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05 May 2026
No More Excuses: Affordable Rural Housing Works
A new report published by English Rural, in partnership with Acuity Research & Practice, challenges long-standing assumptions about the cost of managing affordable housing in rural areas.
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02 May 2026
This Bank Holiday Weekend, Let’s Rethink Rural England
This Bank Holiday Weekend, Let’s Rethink Rural England
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27 Apr 2026
Delivering For All: Rural Realities, The Voices Behind The Data
For too long, the story of rural communities has been told through statistics, funding gaps, service deficits and infrastructure shortfalls. Important though these are, they only tell part of the...
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