RSN response to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy
Press release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, 27 April 2019 Rural Services Network response to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy ‘Time for a strategy for the rural economy’ report Rural Services Network chief executive, Graham Biggs, said: “We welcome the report which strongly echoes our own “Time for a Rural Strategy” […]
Lords Rural Economy report backs rural strategy calls
The Lords Rural Economy report, published on Saturday, was covered in a range of publications, including: ITV, ISP Review, Christian Today and Farming UK. The report echoes RSN’s call for a comprehensive rural strategy, as argued for by chief executive Graham Biggs in an article published in The MJ today. It recommends that the Government […]
Threat to rural life – The Government must develop a rural strategy
The below article was written by Graham Biggs (Rural Services Network Chief Executive) in relation to the House of Lords Select Committee Report on the Rural Economy. This article was published in the Municipal Journal. Life in our green and pleasant land is under threat unless the Government acts now Written by Graham Biggs (RSN […]
High street must change in order to survive
PoliticsHome.com reported on the challenges facing high streets around England. It noted recent announcements of job losses from House of Fraser, HMV, Debenhams and figures compiled by the consumer charity Which? showing that the UK has lost nearly two-thirds of its bank and building society branches over the past 30 years, with a sharp increase […]
Local elections predict low turnout
The Guardian reports on the upcoming local elections, taking place in many areas of the country on 2 May. Voters will decide on 8,200 seats later this week, as well as six directly elected mayors. 134 of the councils are controlled by Conservatives, and 67 by Labour. Seven are held by the Liberal Democrats and […]
Labour pledges to reverse cuts to bus routes
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s pledge for £1.3 billion of funding to reverse bus cuts has been widely covered in the press, including by PoliticsHome.com and the BBC. Speaking at an event in Nottingham, Corbyn promised to undo cuts made to over 3,000 bus routes since 2010. The Campaign for Better Transport said local authority bus […]
Social Care model suggested
Former cabinet minister Damian Green has today published a report with the think tank Centre of Policy Studies in which he argues that current social care is inadequate, and the Government should be spending an addition £2.5 billion annually, according to the Guardian. Green suggests taxing the winter fuel allowance and using any savings from […]
Spotlight on the RSP – April 19 Edition
Welcome to April’s Rural Services Partnership Spotlight of 2019. We are thrilled by the ever-increasing interest in the Rural Services Partnership (RSP) and the variety of organisations that have joined in recent months. Since RSP members were given the opportunity to join both the RSP and the Rural Health & Care Alliance, which has been […]
29/04/2019 – RSN South East Regional Seminar & Meeting
Minutes of the RSN South East Regional Seminar & Meeting held at Sevenoaks District Council, 29 April 2019 Thank you to Sevenoaks District Council for kindly hosting this event To download a copy of these minutes click here Present: Name Organisation Cllr Cameron Clark, Chair Sevenoaks District Council Cllr Patricia Bosley, Chairman of the Council Sevenoaks […]
