Rural homes 20% more expensive’

Buying a house in the countryside costs 20% than it does in a town or city, according to the latest figures. Although a ‘rural premium’ exists across the country, rural homes are comparitively much more expensive in some areas than others, suggests the Halifax housing index. The greatest difference is in the West Midlands where […]

Scrutiny Project on Access to Health Services

A piece of research was undertaken over the Summer/Autumn of 2016 to explore rural access to health services with Scrutiny Committees across England.  They were encouraged to question their local CCQ using the same set of questions, to result in comparative data across England on rural access to services.  The results are summarised in the […]