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10 Feb 2026

UK’s Rural Shops Invested Over £280m In Last Year

The Association of Convenience Stores launched the 2026 Rural Shop Report, in Parliament last week.  The report reveals that rural retailers have spent over a…

10 Feb 2026

Parliamentary Committee Examines Social Housing Conditions

A new report from the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has found that progress in improving the condition of social housing in England has…

09 Feb 2026

Postal Services In Rural Areas Under Scrutiny In Westminster Hall

Rural MPs from across the political spectrum used a Westminster Hall debate on 4 February to raise serious concerns about the reliability of postal services…

09 Feb 2026

National Cancer Plan Sets Out Ambition To Improve Outcomes

The government has published its National Cancer Plan for England, setting out a ten-year ambition to improve cancer survival, increase early diagnosis, modernise services and…

09 Feb 2026

Public Digital Report On Challenges Facing Local Services

Public Digital has published a new report exploring how local public services can move beyond crisis management towards more preventative, collaborative and user-centred models of…

09 Feb 2026

UK Renewable Liquid Gas Supply Reaches 25 Million Litres As Industry Scales Up For Net Zero

The UK’s liquified petroleum gas (LPG) sector is now supplying 25 million litres of renewable liquid gases to customers nationwide, according to new figures published in Liquid Gas…

02 Feb 2026

Warm Homes Plan Aims To Cut Bills And Tackle Fuel Poverty

The government has launched a £15 billion Warm Homes Plan, described as the biggest public investment in home upgrades in British history, aimed at cutting…

02 Feb 2026

UK Poverty: The 2026 Picture

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s UK Poverty 2026 report shows that poverty remains a persistent feature of life for millions of people across the UK, with…

02 Feb 2026

No Short Cuts To Neighbourhood Recovery

A new report from the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods has set out the scale of neighbourhood-level deprivation in England and called for a long-term, coordinated…

02 Feb 2026

RSN Members Come Together for the First Seminar of 2026

Last week, we were pleased to host the first RSN Member Exclusive Seminar of 2026, bringing members together online for a wide-ranging and thoughtful discussion…