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.
16 Mar 2020
UK mobile operators sign £1bn deal to share 4G infrastructure
On Monday, the BBC reported that ministers have signed a £1 billion deal with EE, O2, Three and Vodafone to eliminate dead signal zones in rural and remote areas Mobile...
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09 Mar 2020
Shared Rural Network plans agreed
The BBC reports the companies that run the UK’s mobile network have agreed a deal to eliminate signal dead zones in remote areas The Shared Rural Network aims to extend...
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09 Mar 2020
New inquiry launched on the decline of rural bus services
The County All Party Parliamentary Group (County APPG) and the County Councils Network (CCN) have launched an inquiry into the decline of rural bus services This inquiry will investigate the...
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09 Mar 2020
Rural broadband to be focus for Budget
The Daily Mail reports that chancellor Rishi Sunak vows to end patchy mobile phone reception and slow broadband in this week’s Budget The chancellor is tipped to announce a £1billion...
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09 Mar 2020
‘Our world will shrink tremendously’ – Remote village set to be left behind
The Manchester Evening News interviewed residents of Mellor, a remote village in the Peak District, regarding their rapidly shrinking bus service The bus service could soon disappear altogether after Transport for...
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02 Mar 2020
How floods divided Britain
The New Statesman reported on the inequality of those experiencing flooding in rural areas as opposed to urban ones The article records how residents were tired of being told by...
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24 Feb 2020
MP column: BBC needs to be “properly challenged” over digital rural services
The Conservative MP for West Dorset, Chris Loder, writes in The Bridport News this week that the BBC’s plans to cut airtime of BBC Radio Solent’s Dorset Breakfast Show and...
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24 Feb 2020
Crackdown on wood and coal fires to hit rural communities the hardest
The BBC and the Yorkshire Post reported on how rural residents, in particular, may be hit the hardest by the Government’s restrictions on household stoves and open fires announced last...
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17 Feb 2020
RSN response – Prime Minister’s promises on bus and cycle routes
The Chief Executive of the Rural Services Network wrote a letter which was published in the Guardian this week on 13th February 2020 It was in response to announcements from...
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17 Feb 2020
Urban schools get more funding than rural counterparts
In figures released by the Government on February 11 2020, schools in areas classified as Predominantly Urban received £332 more per pupil on average than those in Predominantly Rural areas...
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