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Rural communities risk Catch-22 situation as shift to online gathers pace but poor connectivity still leaves many behind
17.01.2022

Rural communities risk Catch-22 situation as shift to online gathers pace but poor connectivity still leaves many behind

New research highlights growing rural-urban divide and calls on government to rural proof pandemic rebuild plans Many residents of England’s small towns and villages face being digitally excluded and locked out of key services as the nation builds...

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City dwellers idealise Britain's countryside, but there's no escaping rural poverty
19.10.2020

City dwellers idealise Britain's countryside, but there's no escaping rural poverty

The Guardian’s social policy editor argues that the pandemic has ‘exacerbated’ inequality in rural areas, and calls for a COVID-19 recovery strategy that ‘integrates town and country’ The article notes that while escaping to the countryside seems to offer...

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48% more people in urban areas than rural areas believe that “British society is fair”
17.02.2020

48% more people in urban areas than rural areas believe that “British society is fair”

PwC released a report last week which found that Londoners are twice as likely to say that society is fair than citizens in the South West, North West or East of England, with those living in urban areas 48 per...

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Families trapped in poverty in rural Britain
17.06.2019

Families trapped in poverty in rural Britain

Channel 4 has produced a ten-minute news piece on poverty in rural Britain as part of its Breadline Britain series. The video emphasises that while the countryside is often idyllic looking, severe areas of poverty also exist which often...

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