Minister for Homelessness meeting

Last week, the Rural Services Network was delighted to be invited to a roundtable discussion with the Minister for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Felicity Buchan MP following the release of research into the rural homelessness crisis.
Rural households are being blocked from making net zero upgrades to their homes

The Telegraph reports households are being blocked from making net zero upgrades to their homes due to lack of electricity supply, the energy watchdog has warned
Plunkett Foundation Conference 2023 – Facing the Future: Together

The Plunkett Foundation have launched their 2023 conference which is the only face-to-face conference for every rural community business.
Rural small firms present new ideas to become ‘economic growth-belt’ against backdrop of inequalities

FSB’s latest Growth Belt report highlights the way rural businesses are struggling against a backdrop of mounting energy costs, poor transport links, and unreliable broadband
Anger as prepayment energy meter force-fittings to be allowed again

The BBC report how tougher rules over which homes can be forcibly switched to a prepayment energy meter have been criticised by campaigners who want a total ban