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10 May 2021
Reactions to Right to Buy Changes
The Rural Services Network recently consulted its members, directly involved in housing provision, on Government’s intentions to change aspects of the Right to Buy Regulations. To read RSN member feedback...
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10 May 2021
Rural crime rising three times faster than rest of the country
The Telegraph reports that crime in rural areas has risen nearly three times faster than the rest of the country in the last decade according to new figures from the...
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10 May 2021
Rural workers at a disadvantage if a full-time office return is out
Employees who live outside of major towns and cities risk being negatively affected if offices don’t return to working full-time in the office, according to rural broadband specialist Voneus, as...
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10 May 2021
West Midlands market towns desperate for local Government support
The i paper reports how the surge in online shopping throughout the pandemic has been devastating for many small high streets already struggling to survive before Government-mandated shop closures For...
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10 May 2021
Urban Flight – move to rural homes only for well off, says think tank
Think tank, The Resolution Foundation, has published new research in Estate Agent Today suggesting that ‘urban flight’ – when people leave cities and head for towns and villages – is...
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10 May 2021
Mobile UK joins Rural Services Network
Mobile UK, the industry group representing the interests of mobile network operators, has joined Rural Services Network, according to telecommunications trade publication Telecompaper The report outlines how the move will...
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04 May 2021
RSN Members explore Rural Decarbonisation
Over 75 members of the Rural Services Network last week came together to discuss the issues surrounding Rural Decarbonisation at one of the seminars organised and hosted by the RSN...
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04 May 2021
New survey into how rural businesses coped with crisis
Teesdale Mercury reports on a new survey from the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) asking rural businesses how they are dealing with COVID-19 The survey will ask more...
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04 May 2021
Elections 2021: Why a lack of buses is a key issue for voters
Ahead of the local elections, the BBC interviews young people across the country who have struggled with dwindling bus services The article outlines how across England both local and central...
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04 May 2021
Rural households can’t afford net-zero plans
93 per cent of rural off-grid households would not be able to afford the estimated average cost of a heat pump system, according to a new poll published in the...
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