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29 Apr 2019
Local elections predict low turnout
The Guardian reports on the upcoming local elections, taking place in many areas of the country on 2 May. Voters will decide on 8,200 seats later this week, as well...
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29 Apr 2019
Labour pledges to reverse cuts to bus routes
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s pledge for £1.3 billion of funding to reverse bus cuts has been widely covered in the press, including by PoliticsHome.com and the BBC. Speaking at an...
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29 Apr 2019
Social Care model suggested
Former cabinet minister Damian Green has today published a report with the think tank Centre of Policy Studies in which he argues that current social care is inadequate, and the...
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23 Apr 2019
What could your community do with £5,000?
With just over two weeks left until applications close, rural communities off the mains gas grid are being encouraged to submit their applications to the Calor Rural Community Fund, for...
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23 Apr 2019
Rural inequality is a matter for everyone
In support of our call on Government for a Rural Strategy, Felicity Humphrey, of Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), argued in 24housing that rural inequality is not just a matter...
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23 Apr 2019
Rural councils concerned over recycling funding
Councillors from the rural North Yorkshire Council have published a report questioning how funding for rural and urban authorities will be divided by the Government’s Resources and Waste Strategy, as...
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23 Apr 2019
Finding rural affordable housing likely to be more difficult
Farming UK reports that finding affordable rural housing is ‘likely to be more difficult’ under new Government proposals to change the law on residential tenancies in England. The proposals would...
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23 Apr 2019
Phones boxes adapted to provide 4G coverage
Engineering and Technology magazine reports that phone boxes in Cornwall are being adapted to provide 4G mobile coverage on Vodafone to users in the area. Coastal areas typically have poor...
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15 Apr 2019
Faster growth predicted in rural areas after Brexit
New research from the Centre for Economics & Business Research (CEBR) predicts faster economic growth in rural areas than urban areas over the next four years, according to Farming UK....
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15 Apr 2019
Ofcom urged to dump rural mobile plan
The Times reports that mobile operator Three has called on Ofcom to change its plan to improve mobile coverage in the countryside. Three said that Ofcom’s plan ‘lacked ambition’ and...
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