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15 Mar 2021
Home care issues for people in rural areas
The BBC reports on complaints around social care services in rural areas due to a lack of staff and high mileage costs. More than 80 eligible people in Cornwall currently...
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15 Mar 2021
Government confirms financial support for Shared Rural Network programme
Trade outlets including Computer Weekly have reported this week that the Government has published its transparency notice for the Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme, including a £500m investment to improve...
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15 Mar 2021
Social Mobility Barometer 2021
Six in ten people believe the pandemic has increased inequality, according to a new Social Mobility Commission poll reported in FE News this week. The 2021 Social Mobility Barometer reveals...
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15 Mar 2021
Rural property prices have risen by 20.8 per cent in the last five years
UK Investor Magazine reports that the average price of a rural property has risen by 20.8 per cent over the last five years, 3.3 per cent higher than in urban...
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11 Mar 2021
Calor Gas Rural Community Fund – £85k available to support rural communities
Calor offers £85,000 in grants for vital off-grid causes and kickstarts search for uk’s rural hero of the year Leading off-grid energy supplier, Calor, has launched a nationwide search for...
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08 Mar 2021
Government urged to “give people in villages the same opportunity as those living in bigger towns and cities”
MPs call for rural-urban parity at conference aimed at revitalising rural Warnings of cost of lack of transport and broadband infrastructure on communities further isolated by COVID-19 Government urged to...
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08 Mar 2021
Delivering equitable funding for rural areas is critical
Rural Services Network (RSN), CPRE, English Rural Housing Association and Britain’s Leading Edge have called for reform of Government funding, so that it adequately serves rural communities, reports Politics Home...
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08 Mar 2021
Shropshire Council motion on Rural Fair Funding and levelling up
Shropshire Council debated a motion on 25th February which set out details of the imbalance of funding between rural and urban councils The motion asked the Council to instruct the...
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08 Mar 2021
Government response on rural broadband and 5G fears is ‘inadequate’
The Government’s response to questions over its rollout of 5G and gigabit-capable broadband has been labelled ‘inadequate’ by MPs, reports The Telegraph this week The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport...
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08 Mar 2021
Local Governments need the power to save their high streets
The Financial Times reports on the challenge facing the Government in helping the country emerge from lockdown and tackling a longer-term decline of town centres COVID-19 has ‘accelerated existing trends’...
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