Letter to Tory Candidates on rural issues
The Rural Services Network is part of The Rural Coalition, an alliance of 13 national rural organisations who subscribe to a vision for a living and working countryside. The Coalition have written to the two Conservative Candidates inviting them to consider questions of key importance to the future of rural communities.
Over 500 bookings for Rural Conference
We are delighted to have received over 500 bookings for our National Rural Conference, taking place over the week of 19th September-23rd September online
Why heat pumps sum up all that is wrong with ‘net zero’
The Telegraph reports how strict planning could force households to buy heat pumps even if they do not want them They were intended to be the silver bullet that meant British households would meet the Government’s ambitious “net zero” plan to offset carbon emissions. But flaws with air and ground-source “heat pumps”, and the Government’s […]
Truss and Sunak tell rural Tory voters they will ‘champion’ their way of life
The leadership candidates have pledged to ‘champion the rural way of life’ in a written plea to rural campaigners
Shropshire rural care staff hit by rising fuel costs
Rising cost of fuel is contributing to a lack of staff in rural areas, according to Shropshire carer Ash Turner
Selaine Saxbyn MP: To end the rural housing crisis, we must stop treating the countryside like a holiday park
Selaine Saxbyn outlines her mission has always been to level up the pockets of deprivation in her ‘remote, rural and coastal’ constituency
New Programme in Remote and Rural Medicine at University of Central Lancashire
Are you a clinician working or aspiring to work in Remote and/or Rural settings? Our Remote and Rural Medicine programme, designed with the needs of busy working clinicians in mind, will help you develop your knowledge and skills to provide excellent care and lead improvements in health outcomes for your patients
Hinterland – 1 August 2022
In Hinterland this week, lots of charismatic mega-fauna alongside stories about how building and travelling and care costs all remain contentious issues in rural England and more widely for that matter. Read on…
