RSN National Rural Conference 2023 Feature
“The RSN Annual conference is excellent, it brings together a wide range of speakers focusing specifically on rural issues in a way that other conferences simply can’t do.” This is just one of the pieces of feedback received following last week’s National Rural Conference 2023. Over the course of 4 days, we had: 7 sessions […]
Government is listening to us on Off Grid heating
The Prime Minister made a speech last week, setting out what he termed a ‘pragmatic, proportionate and realistic path to reach net zero by 2050.’
Culture Secretary promises to protect traditional TV
Last week the Culture Secretary, Lucy Frazer, committed to ensuring traditional TV viewers will not be left behind in the digital switchover.
Lib Dems promise better access to rural GPs
New research carried out by the Liberal Democrats shows the four-week waiting time to see a GP is three times higher in some rural areas than urban ones.
Consultation on Community Wealth Fund launched
The Government has launched a technical consultation on a Community Wealth Fund in England
Natural England critised for hindering rural businesses
St Ives MP, Derek Thomas has criticised Natural England’s approach to Sites of Special Scientific Interest in his constituency
Planning Turnaround updated
The Planning Turnaround analysis, within the Performance Benchmarking section of the RSN website, has now been updated for the year to June 2023
