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23 May 2022
Cost of living crisis: ‘People heating one room with firewood’
A story published by the BBC details how the cost of living crisis is hitting people hard, especially the rise in the price of fuel. For rural areas such as...
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23 May 2022
Sir Geoffrey Cox MP urges Prime Minister to back rural economy
Devon Live reports that Sir Geoffrey Cox MP has together with over 30 other MPs and Peers, written to the Prime Minister asking him to introduce a new White Paper...
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23 May 2022
Rural mental health must be top of our agenda
An article written for PoliticsHome by Neil Hudson MP discusses the importance of rural mental health The article discusses how more than a third of farmers in the UK have...
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23 May 2022
News and Info from DEFRA
Defra have released their latest ‘Farming is Changing’ information which details how farmers and land managers will be rewarded for doing even more to improve the environment whilst producing high...
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23 May 2022
Digital planning moves closer to reality
Pinsent and Mason’s reports that the digitisation of the planning process in England has moved a step closer with the recent publication of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, which...
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23 May 2022
A new Countryside Hub has been created to provide significant post-covid support for the most vulnerable in East and North Cornwall
As rural areas East and North Cornwall suffer from a lack of services for the most vulnerable, such as youth clubs for those with learning difficulties and disabilities (LDD); dementia...
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23 May 2022
British farmers advised to grasp export opportunities
Farmers Weekly reports that the Government is negotiating new free trade agreements (FTA) at pace with major agri-producing countries, after NFU president Minette Batters urged British farmers to grow their...
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23 May 2022
DfT awards £200 million to active travel projects across England
Intelligent Transport reports that the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that millions of people across England will be able to benefit from cleaner air and more affordable ways to...
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23 May 2022
Hastoe Housing appoints new Chair of Board
Hastoe Housing Association, England’s largest rural social housing provider, has appointed Lindy Morgan as its new Chair of the Board Effective from 12 May 2022, she will succeed Ed Buscall...
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16 May 2022
Rural Lens Review of the Queen’s Speech 2022
On Tuesday last week Prince Charles outlined the Government’s priorities for the year ahead by delivering the Queen’s Speech. In response the RSN has conducted a Rural Lens Review of...
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