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30 May 2023
Fairer funding for rural communities
Kerry Booth, Chief Executive of the Rural Services Network, recently wrote in the Care Management Matters periodical, asking the question how can we ensure an ageing rural population can access...
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30 May 2023
Energy bills set to stay high despite price cap cut
BBC News reports that experts warn energy bills are set to remain high despite a cut in prices from July. A typical household will pay £2,074 a year for gas...
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30 May 2023
Free toolkit launched to support setting up Warm Hubs
A toolkit to help set up Warm Hubs across the country has been launched, with support agencies encouraged to build on this winter’s Warm Spaces initiatives and convert them to...
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30 May 2023
Plunkett and the community business movement – Impact Report 2022
The Plunkett Foundation is the only organisation supporting rural community-owned businesses at every stage of their journey in all four UK nations. It recently released its Impact Report 2022, detailing...
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30 May 2023
£165 million fund launched to transform local skills
The Department for Education issued a press release on the 24th May 2023 setting out how local employer skills gaps are to be addressed with a funding boost to transform...
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25 May 2023
Rural households left feeling isolated by the cost of living crisis
A survey of rural households out today by the Rural Services Network (RSN), shows that more than 75% of respondents say that their financial situation has got worse over the...
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22 May 2023
Thank you for response to cost of living survey
A huge thank you to Rural Services Network member organisations who helped to share and promote our survey on the rural cost of living crisis, that we carried out with...
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19 May 2023
Pressure is mounting on the Government to safeguard digital terrestrial TV
Pressure is mounting on the Government to safeguard digital terrestrial TV (more commonly known as Freeview) and aerial radio services until at least 2040 Last week the Broadcast 2040+ campaign,...
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19 May 2023
MPs say poor transport to mental health services causing crisis in rural England
The Guardian reports the lack of transport to mental health services is causing a crisis in England’s rural communities, MPs have said. A report, compiled from 50 submissions and 11...
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19 May 2023
Bus £2 fare cap extended to end of October
The BBC reports that the £2 cap on bus fares in England has been extended again until the end of October, the government has announced. The cap, which applies to...
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