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04 Jul 2022
Free Event – Is housing the key to levelling up the rural economy?
The National Housing Federation are holding a free virtual roundtable on the 6th of July to discuss whether housing is key to levelling uo the rural economy: Levelling up could...
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04 Jul 2022
Cornwall Council team up with OVO Energy to bring 400 warmer, greener homes to Cornwall
Insulation, heat pumps and solar are among the measures being installed. Image credit: OVO Ovo Energy Solutions, Cornwall Council and Council of the Isles of Scilly are retrofitting 400 homes...
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04 Jul 2022
Cost of Living Crisis Grants
Grants Online is drawing together a list of grants available to alleviate the current cost of living crisis They have created a dedicated page that aims to list grant makers and grants...
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04 Jul 2022
Up to 50% of all GP post could become vacant over the next 10 years
Chronicle Live reports that new estimates by the Health Foundation suggest a quarter of posts could be vacant in the next 10 years, with a worst case scenario putting the...
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04 Jul 2022
Pub numbers fall to lowest on record
BBC reports that the number of pubs in England and Wales has hits it lowest level on record, according to new research from real estate consultancy Altus Group According to...
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04 Jul 2022
‘Organised crime’ affecting rural communities in Devon and Cornwall
The BBC reports that organised crime may be having an increasing impact on rural communities, according to police A new project will assess the effects of a rise in rural...
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27 Jun 2022
Rural Lens Review of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
The Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill was published and given its first reading on 12 May 2022. The Bill, “as well as delivering against some of the ambitions set out in...
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27 Jun 2022
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) responds to RSN Research
Research launched by the Rural Services Network last week, shows how the ‘Levelling Up White paper fails to capture rural disadvantage meaning the Government should introduce new metrics’ according to...
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27 Jun 2022
Protect traditional TV & radio say the British people as Broadcast 2040+ campaign launches
A campaign to safeguard digital terrestrial TV and radio launches today as new research by Ipsos shows that 9 in 10 people (90%) across Great Britain want to see continued...
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27 Jun 2022
Community partnership converts iconic cottage hospital into community hub and affordable homes
The conversion of an iconic cottage hospital into a community hub and nine affordable homes was officially marked by the community of Southwold and Reydon on Friday 17 June 2022...
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