Access to cash in rural areas
MP’s have recently debated the issue of access to cash machines in rural areas. The full debate can be viewed in Hansard here The RSN is concerned about the Future of Rural Areas. Rural residents and businesses face multiple barriers in terms of access to key services, including transport and broadband and access to […]
Funding of adult social care inquiry
The Rural Services APPG has for some months been carrying out an Inquiry into the future funding of Adult Social Care in the rural context. The Inquiry was limited to England and has been conducted to enable the APPG to submit evidence to, and to respond to the specific issues contained in, the Government’s Proposed Green Paper […]
Cuts in street lights warning
Councils are switching off street lights in an attempt to make savings, according to The Times, with Devon county council even advising residents to use torches after 12.30am when lights are put out Responses to Freedom of Information requests show that some 85 per cent of councils were dimming or switching off lights with the […]
Council spending woes
The BBC has published data detailing the extent of council cuts since 2010. The statistics show that in England councils spend most on education, followed by adult and then children’s social care. Despite frequent complaints about high council tax bills, the analysis suggested that in real terms these are lower than they were in 2010/2011 […]
Young people’s loneliness experiences
The ONS has conducted its first study around loneliness among people aged 10 to 24. The results, covered by the BBC, found that young people viewed loneliness as ‘failing’ and that many used social media to ‘cover up’ such feelings. Eleven per cent of respondents said they ‘often felt lonely’, with a further 34 per […]
Police row over funding cuts
Two police chiefs, one rural and one urban, are embroiled in a war of words over Government funding, according to the Express and Star. John Campion, chief of West Mercia Police attacked the Government’s funding formula for ‘unfairly penalising’ rural forces. Campion wrote the letter because West Midlands Police, a force covering a more urban […]
‘Epidemic’ of criminal attacks on ATMs
The ATM operator Cardtronics has found that the UK is experiencing an ‘epidemic’ of attacks on cash machines causing damage of up to £150 million, as reported by Yahoo News. The report found that rural areas are being increasingly targeted with 31 per cent of incidents involving rural machines in 2013, rising to 42 per […]
Rural Economy Spotlight – December 2018
A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network highlighting a selection of current rural economic development news, issues and opportunities Rural areas need a joined-up approach, post Brexit Academics at Newcastle University, the University of Cumbria and Northumbria University looked at the implications of Brexit on rural Northumberland and surrounding areas. […]
