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04 Jul 2018
£7.5m boost for online council services
A new “digital pledge” backed by £7.5m of government funding aims to help councils transform their online services. The new initiative would change the way councils invest in technology, share...
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04 Jul 2018
Rural communities face ‘perfect storm’
Rural communities face a perfect storm – including unaffordable homes, poor connectivity, skills gaps and health inequalities, say council leaders. The warning comes in an interim report by the Post-Brexit England...
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03 Jul 2018
Landlords reject longer tenancy proposal
Rural landlords say forcing the private rented sector to offer long-term tenancies would threaten the short-term lettings market and reduce the availability of rented homes in the countryside. The government...
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02 Jul 2018
Housing crisis puts communities at risk
Rural communities need a new deal to deliver more affordable homes, says a report highlighting the scale of the housing crisis in the English countryside. Launched to coincide with Rural Housing Week...
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02 Jul 2018
Funding halves for supported bus services
Funding for supported buses has been halved in the last eight years, leaving many parts of England and Wales without public transport, according to a new report released by the Campaign...
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01 Jul 2018
Dry weather prompts rural ‘inferno’ warning
Tinder dry conditions are putting the countryside at high risk of devastating fires, warns NFU Mutual. The rural insurer is concerned that the current heat wave could lead to grassland...
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29 Jun 2018
Fresh warning over rural broadband
Rural communities could be left behind without public subsidies for the rollout of fibre broadband, the government will be told. Government ministers needs to go “further and faster” by subsidising the rollout...
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27 Jun 2018
Campaign celebrates bus services
A new campaign is celebrating the benefits of bus travel and the diversity of bus passengers, ahead of Catch the Bus Week.. Launched by Bus Users UK, the #ilovemybus initiative...
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27 Jun 2018
Launch of national rural health centre
A pioneering new centre to improve health and care in rural areas across the UK is being formally launched in Lincolnshire. The National Centre for Rural Health and Care, which...
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24 Jun 2018
Call to enter 2018 High Street awards
Rural communities across the UK are being urged to back their local high streets by entering them into the Great British High Street Awards 2018. Tun by the Ministry of...
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