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22 Jan 2024
Rural Funding Highlighted in Recent Cornwall Funding Debate
A recent parliamentary debate has shed light on the stark funding disparities between urban and rural areas, with a particular focus on Cornwall. The debate, which was held on 15th...
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16 Jan 2024
Help us campaign for Rural Fair Funding
The Rural Services Network is the national voice for rural areas, campaigning on our members behalf for a fairer deal for rural communities. The consultation on the way that Government...
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16 Jan 2024
Provisional Settlement Response submitted
The Rural Services Network has yesterday submitted its response to the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement consultation. This followed a meeting of local authority Leaders, Senior Councillors and Senior Finance...
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16 Jan 2024
Debate on NHS Dentistry raises rural concerns
A debate in the House of Commons on 9th January raised concerns over the lack of NHS dentists available. It cited a Nuffield Trust report into the State of NHS...
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16 Jan 2024
Tourist Information Touch Screens Unveiled
Lancaster City Council have unveiled new interactive touch screens as part of a project to improve the way visitors find out information about what to do and where to go...
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16 Jan 2024
NHS targets missed
The BBC has last week reported on the key NHS targets that have never been met. Research by the BBC shows that ‘The analysis focused on the three key hospital...
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16 Jan 2024
Impact on Parking Meters
Picking up on a story released just before the Christmas break, the Local Government Association highlighted concerns over the future switch off of 2G and 3G mobile networks. The Local...
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08 Jan 2024
Provisional settlement still unfair for rural
The Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement was released on 18th December setting out the funding for Councils for the financial year 2024 to 2025. The consultation on the settlement runs...
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08 Jan 2024
RSN Seminar Programme open!
It’s time to get organised for 2024 and make some time in your diary to attend one of our rural focused seminars. Almost 550 of you attended an RSN seminar...
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08 Jan 2024
London gets well over ‘fair share’ of specialised NHS services while rural areas miss out
The Health Service Journal recently reported on NHS England figures. HSJ findings suggest “people in some more rural areas are missing out on specialist treatments they should be getting, while...
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