RSN response to Spending Review
The Rural Services Network has highlighted the importance of the Government Releasing Opportunity and Removing Barriers for rural areas in its submission to the Spending Review 2021
Levelling up is failing to solve the rural housing and planning crisis
The government’s ‘levelling-up’ agenda will need a rethink if it is to address rural housing needs, says Graham Biggs
Destination Management Review – Any Thoughts?
The RSN read with interest the publication of the de Bois Review on destination management in England, click here to view.
Young and Low Paid Face Being Priced Out of Rural Areas
The Office of National Statistics revealed that house prices rose up to three times faster in some rural areas compared to the national average in July
New planning laws will stop countryside being ruined by ‘ugly development’
Conservative Chairman, Oliver Dowden, used his inaugural address at the Conservatives’ conference in Manchester to signal that concerns about planning reforms had been heard and reassured that new laws will prevent the countryside being “despoiled by ugly development”
The Rural Start-Up Fund
Forest Holidays, partners of The Prince’s Countryside Fund, are passionate about sustainable rural tourism
Fuel shortages expected to Lead to Rise in Pump Prices
Experts have revealed that ongoing fuel shortages will lead to increase in petrol prices and significant decrease in income for rural garages
Labour Promises Rural Ministers for Every Government Department
The Labour Party will create a minister for rural affairs in every Government department in attempt to pinch Conservative voters in the countryside
A good news story from rural Somerset
Stoke St Gregory, with a population of only 942 is celebrating a positive village success story, worthy of an award
