Priced off the road
Newsnight on 14th June highlighted the plight of rural communities struggling with the negative impact of the rising cost of fuel on rural communities
Alarming new figures show the desperate shortage of GPs as rural areas are worst hit
Doctors in Unite union claim that the UK is short of 20,000 GPs, with health think tank The King’s Fund adding that general practice is ‘creaking at the seams’, especially in rural areas
Lib-Dems pressing for rural fuel relief fund
the Liberal Democrats have called on the UK government to cut fuel duty in rural areas to help families tackle soaring petrol prices
An update from Sedgemoor District Council on affordable housing development
Affordable Housing is provided to help people who cannot afford to buy or rent homes on the open market. The homes remain affordable to subsequent occupiers in the future
BT executive says Brexit is slowing superfast broadband rollout
The Financial Times reports that Britain’s ability to roll out superfast broadband across the country is being slowed by the “tortuous” process of recruiting workers from the EU following Brexit, the head of BT’s networking business has warned
‘Hidden region’: rural England forgotten in Government’s Levelling Up White Paper
Were England’s rural communities a distinct region, their need for Levelling Up would be greater than that of any other part of the country, according to new research published today that finds the Government’s metrics do not properly account for the pressures facing our smaller towns and villages and as a result effectively side-line 12 million people
