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28 Oct 2020
Rural homelessness doubles since 2018 according to rural campaigners
‘Investing in affordable rural housing will level up and turbo charge the rural economy’ according to new research from CPRE, the countryside charity, English Rural and the Rural Services Network...
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26 Oct 2020
The Economic and Social Impact of the Post Office
The Post Office have launched a new report, The Economic and Social Impact of the Post Office, which has been compiled by Public First. The report finds that Post Office...
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26 Oct 2020
Record number of shops close with worse yet to come, warn analysts
The Guardian and Daily Mail have reported on research showing that a record number of shops disappeared from high streets across the country in the first half of 2020 A...
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26 Oct 2020
Increasing demand for rural properties to increase as pandemic continues
Publications including Farming UK and Somerset Live have reported on new research showing an increase in interest in rural locations among home buyers The papers reported on research from Zoopla...
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26 Oct 2020
Royal Mail launches doorstep parcel collections service
The Financial Times and the Independent have reported that Royal Mail postal workers are now collecting parcels from customers’ doorsteps for the first time through a new service called Parcel...
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26 Oct 2020
Regional airline Flybe could return early next year
The Financial Times reported that regional airline Flybe could be flying again early next year after being bought by a former shareholder The airline went bankrupt in March. The Exeter-based...
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19 Oct 2020
Rural Services APPG Meets Chief Secretary to the Treasury on Spending Review
On 13th October the Rural Services All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) met Steve Barclay MP The Chief Secretary to the Treasury to raise a number of rural issues ahead of...
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19 Oct 2020
Broadband users in rural areas are being left behind in major network upgrade
Newspapers, including The Telegraph and The Daily Mail, report on warnings from the National Audit Office (NAO) that rural communities are at risk of being ‘left behind again’ in a...
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19 Oct 2020
Plan for UK shops to offer cashback without a purchase
The Guardian reports on new proposals from the Treasury designed to safeguard accessibility to cash, which could mean shops would have to offer cashback even if customers do not make...
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19 Oct 2020
City dwellers idealise Britain’s countryside, but there’s no escaping rural poverty
The Guardian’s social policy editor argues that the pandemic has ‘exacerbated’ inequality in rural areas, and calls for a COVID-19 recovery strategy that ‘integrates town and country’ The article notes...
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