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29 Mar 2021
Urban ‘escalator’ means disadvantaged rural students miss out on top universities
High-achieving, disadvantaged students from urban areas are more likely to enter elite UK universities than similar peers from rural communities due to an urban ‘escalator effect’, according to a new...
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29 Mar 2021
Far more renewables needed in UK homes to meet net-zero target
The slow uptake of small-scale renewables has created energy ‘forests’ and ‘deserts’ across the UK, a new report has revealed in Euronews and Heating, Venting and Plumbing magazine The study...
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22 Mar 2021
Rural Review of Government place based funds – Towns Fund, Levelling Up Fund, Community Renewal Fund, Shared Prosperity Fund
The Government has announced a number of funds designed to target support where it is needed most The Rural Services Network has considered these funds as part of it’s Rural...
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22 Mar 2021
RSN Review – Bus Back Better
The Rural Services Network has put together a first review of the new Bus Back Better: National Bus Strategy for England, launched by the Government last week The paucity of...
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22 Mar 2021
Project Gigabit
The Government announced last week ‘Project Gigabit’ which will be launching in April, bringing together everything the government is doing to enable and deliver digital connectivity for the entire country...
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22 Mar 2021
White Paper on fire services reform
The Home Secretary in a Statement on 16th March entitled “Concluding Part One of the Police and Crime Commissioner Review” states that a consultative White Paper on fire services reform...
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22 Mar 2021
Government hands English tourism hotspots £56m ‘welcome back’ boost
The Government has announced a ‘Welcome Back Fund’ for English tourism and seaside resorts, to support under funding Housing and Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick MP announced a £56m package to...
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22 Mar 2021
10 rural areas with the biggest property price increase in the UK
Country Living reports that rural property prices are at ‘an all-time high’, as Britons moved out of city apartments to escape to the country in lockdown this year House prices...
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15 Mar 2021
Bus Back Better
The Government has yesterday announced it’s plans for the National Bus Strategy, Bus Back Better, and a ‘£3 Billion bus revolution’. View the press release here The Prime Minister has...
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15 Mar 2021
Rural Review of Sustainable Warmth – Protecting vulnerable households
The Rural Services Network has been considering key government documents and publications ‘Through a Rural Lens’ to see how rural communities and their services are considered. In the latest of...
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