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10 Nov 2025
Government Publishes New Financial Inclusion Strategy
The Government has published a new Financial Inclusion Strategy, setting out an ambitious cross-sector plan to ensure everyone can access and effectively use financial services,…
10 Nov 2025
Patients To Benefit From Cutting-Edge NHS Care At Home
New digital technologies will enable more NHS patients to receive care from home, under a national rollout announced last week. Dozens of areas in England…
10 Nov 2025
Parliament Hears Rural Community Business Concerns At Report Launch
More than 70 politicians, partners and community business representatives gathered at the Houses of Parliament this week for the launch of Plunkett UK’s flagship research…
10 Nov 2025
How Are Town and Parish Councils Interpreting the Biodiversity Duty?
Winchcombe Town Council is exploring how the Biodiversity Duty, introduced under Section 102 of the Environment Act 2021, is being applied in practice at local…
10 Nov 2025
You’re Invited To Discuss The Future Of Grid Connections With NESO
National Energy Systems Operator (NESO) are delighted to invite you to participate in a virtual roundtable to hear updates on connections reform. Connections reform underpins a once-in-a-generation opportunity to modernise Great Britain’s…
10 Nov 2025
Rural Lens Review: Indices of deprivation 2025
The Government has published the statistical release detailing the English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Alongside this, a new report, the English indices of deprivation 2025…
10 Nov 2025
Rural Lens Review: Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper
The White Paper outlines reforms to the post-16 education and skills system in England to: meet the needs of the economy close skills gaps support…
10 Nov 2025
Rural Lens Review: 10 Year Health Plan
The 10 Year Health Plan for England seizes the opportunities provided by new technologies, medicines, and innovations to deliver better care for all patients –wherever…
03 Nov 2025
New IMD Acknowledges Challenges Of Measuring Rural Need
The Government has published the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (IoD 2025) – the seventh update of England’s official measure of multiple deprivation – alongside,…
03 Nov 2025
MPs Warn Rural Communities Risk Missing Out from Bus Services Act Reforms
Thousands of passengers could benefit from more reliable bus services after the Government’s Bus Services Act became law on 27 October 2025. The legislation gives…
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