RSN Response to the Adult Social Care White Paper
In our initial response to the Social Care White Paper which we issued the day after the White Paper was published, the Rural Services Network welcomed the ambition of the Government in the Social Care White Paper ‘People at the Heart of Care’. In particular we agreed with the Social Care Minister Gillian Keegan who stated in her speech, “We cannot be serious about Levelling Up unless we are also serious about social care”
Net Zero Strategy Rural Lens
In October 2021 the Government published its Net Zero Strategy, setting out (by sector) the policies and measures intended to keep the UK on its pathway to net zero by 2050. It outlines policies and measures for the period up to 2035. Sitting underneath it are other sectoral strategies which have been or will be published e.g. Heat & Buildings Strategy and Transport Decarbonisation Plan.
Drug strategy to tackle 300,000 problem users, says PM
The government will aim to provide rehab for 300,000 drug users who carry out half of all thefts, robberies and burglaries
Rural retirees ‘can end up in unsuitable, unsafe homes’
Warnings from The Social Market Foundation think tank that elderly people can end up in oversized or unsafe homes if they retire to the countryside
Cyclist deaths soar on rural roads in England
Coronavirus lockdowns have created a cycling boom in England, with record numbers of people out on their bikes to get exercise and fresh air
New social care plans risk backlash over failure to tackle England’s winter crisis
Ministers are risking a fresh backlash over social care by unveiling long awaited proposals that will offer no new funding to help crisis-hit care providers through winter
A lifeline for your local bank?
A key report mapping out how the banks intend to help preserve nationwide access to cash and branches on the high street is expected to be announced shortly according to an article in This is Money
06/12/2021 – Rural Services Partnership AGM
Online via Zoom Monday 6th December 2021 2pm-3pm – To download the agenda and papers associated with this meeting click here – To download the minutes for this meeting, click here Present: Tracy Baker (Trustee, National Federation of Women’s Institutes) (TB)Dr Mark Betson (National Rural Officer, Church of England, Arthur Rank Centre) (MB)Graham Biggs MBE (Chief Executive, Rural […]
Views sought on transport plan for Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk
BBC News reports that six major routes have been singled out for development as part of a regional transport plan for the next 30 years
Farmers in England to be paid for looking after soil health from next year
Farmers will be paid for looking after England’s soils for the first time from next year, when the first stage of the Government’s new support payments begins
