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20 Mar 2023
More cash to fix Devon’s broken roads found
Devon Live reports that North Devon’s MP Selaine Saxby has welcomed extra funding to fix Devon’s potholes, after she raised the issue of North Devon’s…
13 Mar 2023
UK Government failing rural people living in poverty, say experts in new book
The needs of the poorest and most vulnerable people living in the countryside are ignored by the UK Government in a way that would not…
13 Mar 2023
New £200m fund for UK walking and cycling routes
Devon Live reports that Selaine Saxby, the MP for North Devon, has welcomed a £200 million fund to improve walking and cycling across the UK…
06 Mar 2023
New Chair of Rural Services All Party Parliamentary Group
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Rural Services held it’s AGM last week and elected a new Chair for 2023-2024 Philip Dunne MP has held…
06 Mar 2023
Bishop of St Albans calls for strategy to improve conditions in countryside
The Church Times reports that people in England who dream of “retreating to the rural idyll” do not always understand that those who live in…
06 Mar 2023
Yorkshire to gain further electric buses through funding scheme
The BBC report York will have one of the first bus depots in the UK outside of London to run a fully electric fleet, the government…
06 Mar 2023
Mental health hubs being set up in rural England to combat high rates of farmer suicide
The Express reports that nine in ten farmers rank poor mental health as their biggest concern, with experts calling for more focus amid high suicide…
06 Mar 2023
Remote and Rural Medicine Conference Announced
Changing Outcomes, Changing Practice Remote and Rural Medicine Conference, 7/8 June 2023, Penrith An exciting line up of speakers has been announced for this year’s remote and…
06 Mar 2023
Rural Economy Spotlight – March 2023
A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network highlighting a selection of current rural economic development news, issues and opportunities Cross-government…
27 Feb 2023
Britain’s Leading Edge launch Manifesto
On 22nd February, Britain’s Leading Edge launched their Manifesto for 2023, a call to action for narrowing rural economic and geographical disparities. Britain’s Leading Edge…
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