The State of Rural Services Report launched in Parliament
Basic mobile calls are not possible across main networks in a third of rural homes. The report also finds that rural residents are losing out as bus services are scrapped. Residents of rural England are being cut off from building businesses, accessing digital services and going about their daily lives thanks to inadequate phone signal […]
Countryside being let down by mobile phone giants
The Telegraph and Mail both reported on Rural England’s biannual State of Rural Services report, which fund that a third of rural households are unable to make a basic mobile call across the main network, and that more than half are unable to access 4G. The report also highlights poor transport links outside of urban […]
Education Secretary under pressure for rural school funding
The Education Secretary Damian Hinds is under pressure from members of his own party regarding funding for rural schools, according to the Tes. In particular, Esther McVey MP for Tatton and formerly Work and Pensions Secretary, asked Hinds to ‘look again at school funding in rural areas, particularly Cheshire, and push for further funding at […]
Post office missing out on profits
The Express and Star reported on last week’s Treasury Select Committee hearing during which the Post Office banking director revealed the Post Office makes no profit from providing high street banking services. The Post Office has agreed to offer banking services in each one of its 11,500 branches across the UK as the banking industry […]
Police join forces to fight rural crime
Six police forces across the north of England joined forces on Thursday 7 February as part of an ongoing country-wide operation to tackle rural crime, according to a release by North Yorkshire Police. Over 200 people – police and volunteers – from North Yorkshire, Cleveland, Cumbria, Durham, Lancashire and Northumbria took part in ‘Operation Checkpoint’ […]
Fewer T level subjects in rural areas
Tes reported on comments from the chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education, acknowledging that that students in rural areas are likely to have access to a smaller range of T levels (a technical qualification) than their urban counterparts. Students studying the new T levels, due to be rolled out over the […]
