20/05/2019 – RSN Executive Meeting
To download the agenda and the papers associated with the meeting click here To download these minutes of the meeting click here Present:Cllr Cecilia Motley, Chair – RSNCllr Jeremy Savage – South Norfolk CouncilCllr Robert Heseltine – North Yorkshire County CouncilCllr Peter Stevens – St Edmundsbury Borough CouncilRevd Richard Kirlew – Sherborne Deanery Rural ChaplaincyAnna […]
The future of the Post Office in peril
The Independent covers warnings by MP that the Post Office network is close to collapse, threatening thousands of branches, over the next 12 months. The warning comes as the Government plans to end its subsidy of the Post Office network in 2021. The National Federation of SubPostmasters (NFSP) has branded the potential loss of services, […]
Build a million homes on the Green Belt – Liz Truss MP
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss has called for one million homes to be built on Green Belt land around the country. Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, she said: ‘Doing more of what we have been doing for the past nine years is not going to win over modern Britain. We need […]
Councils urged to take control of bus services
The website LocalGov.co.uk reports on the news that Buses Minister Nusrat Ghani MP has written to local authorities to remind them that they have the freedom to take greater control of bus services. The letter was sent on 17 May as the Government and businesses were celebrating #LoveYourBus day to encourage more people to travel […]
Deal on rural connectivity potentially agreed
The website Telecoms.com reports that the CEOs of the four major UK mobile network operators (MNOs) have agreed, in theory, on a collaboration plan to address areas of the UK still struggling with connectivity. The agreement comes after the four met with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and two potential options were […]
Scrapping HS2 would be economic disaster
Prominent business leaders and local politicians have written to the Treasury warning that failure to build the HS2 line would be a disaster for the Midlands and the north of England, according to The Times. The paper covers the letter sent to Liz Truss, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, saying that the decision to cancel […]
