Affordable Homes at Risk under new Planning Consultation
The Rural Services Network, along with Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), The Rural Housing Alliance, The Plunkett Foundation and Rural England Stakeholder Group, has written to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP, urging the Government to consider that without revision, proposed changes to […]
Revitalising Rural – Rural Health and Wellbeing Day
The Rural Services Network is delighted to be taking bookings for our online National Rural Conference, Revitalising Rural Taking place throughout the week from 14-18th September, with each day focusing on a different topic relevant to rural areas. This week we are concentrating on the fifth conference day, Friday 18th September which is Rural Health […]
How rural areas could cash in on staycations
Newspapers including the Lancashire Post have argued that rural areas could take advantage of the staycation boom as holidaymakers rethink their travel plans during the pandemic Non-traditional holiday areas such as Lancashire present a ‘unique’ opportunity for local businesses to target an entirely new client base that may never have considered a rural chalet holiday […]
320,000 rural jobs at risk
Analysis by the Labour Party reported in The New European has found that 320,000 jobs in rural communities are at risk if the Government persist with its ‘one-size-fits-all’ plan to withdraw the job retention scheme in October Research from the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has suggested that 1.2 million people will be […]
Supply of affordable homes in the countryside threatened
As detailed in the Rural Bulletin this week, The Rural Services Network (RSN), along with ACRE, the Rural Housing Alliance, Rural Services Network (RSN) and Plunkett Foundation have written to the Secretary of State calling for rural communities with a population of 3,000 or fewer to be exempt from the new rules, with local councils […]
English councils facing £2bn ‘perfect storm’ may be forced to slash services
The Guardian has reported on warnings from the Institute for Fiscal Studies that English councils could face a £2 billion ‘perfect storm’ over the next few months Without additional financial support from the Government, councils ‘face a difficult choice between depleting their reserves to low and potentially risky levels or cutting spending on important local […]
MP’s fight for rural bus services
Market Rasen Mail has covered news that Sir Edward Leigh MP (Con) has criticised a regional bus company for withdrawing services from small rural communities: ‘when they need it most’ Leigh maintained it is ‘wrong’ of Stagecoach East Midlands to withdraw services at this time, and called on the bus company to reinstate services: ‘as […]
The Green Man pub opens a village shop as it bounces back from Covid
The Green Man in Scamblesby near Louth has opened a permanent village shop – with support from rural pub champions, Pub is The Hub – providing new employment for two local people The Village Shop Scamblesby is situated in an old storeroom next to the pub with its own separate entrance and is open from […]
