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04 Apr 2023
Breaking News: Government halves social care workforce funding
The Government has announced today (Tues 4th April) that funding to develop the social care workforce is now at £250 Million This is half the…
03 Apr 2023
Rural businesses struggle with lack of public infrastructure and skilled labour
Sky News details how small businesses in rural areas are struggling with a lack of public infrastructure and a shortage of skilled labour, according to…
03 Apr 2023
Congratulations to all HUG 2 recipients
As part of a £1.8 billion package of funding to boost energy efficiency and cut emissions of homes and public buildings across England, the Department for…
03 Apr 2023
Powering Up Britain Launched
On Thursday 30th March the Government launched its plans to ‘scale up affordable, clean, homegrown power and build thriving green industries in Britain.’ The new…
27 Mar 2023
Leaders reveal vision for West of England rail network
BBC reports that a new vision for rail travel in the West of England shows how the area could nearly halve journey times between major…
27 Mar 2023
Pub is The Hub helps pubs to diversify and provide essential local services
Pub is The Hub is a not-for-profit organisation, which offers independent specialist advice to publicans on rural services diversification or the options for the community…
27 Mar 2023
Rural Homelessness Getting Worse
Sky News has featured the recently published research into rural homelessness which was commissioned by a group of key rural organisations including the Rural Services…
20 Mar 2023
Chronic increase of ‘hidden’ homelessness in the countryside fuelled by cost-of-living crisis, ground-breaking report shows
A year-long study exposes a surge in rural rough sleeping since the pandemic has been worsened by the cost-of-living crisis According to analysis of official…
20 Mar 2023
RSN response to Spring Budget 23
The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP launched the Spring Budget 2023 last week in Parliament and the Rural Services Network has been exploring some of…
20 Mar 2023
Rural poverty ‘overlooked’ by government, researchers warn
Farming UK reports that the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable people living in the countryside are being ‘overlooked and underserved’ by government policy,…
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