Media Coverage – 2018

September 2018

• Read the latest article from our Chair Councillor Motley on Fair Funding for Rural Areas which features in Local Government First, the magazine published by the LGA. (page 27)
  – Direct link to the article
  
• Graham Biggs (RSN Chief Executive) was featured on BBC Points West in a wider discussion about social care in rural areas to highlight the issues that rural residents face (see below)

August 2018

The Rural Services Network has been featured in the Countryfile Special Collector’s Edition (August 2018).

Written by John Craven, the article ‘how has the Countryside changed?’ features a quote from the RSN.

July 2018

• Read the latest article from our Chair Councillor Motley on Care costs in rural areas which features in Local Government First, the magazine published by the LGA. (page 26)

– Direct link to the article

May 2018

• Free school transport lost for 20,000 rural pupils (BBC Online)
• Call for change in how social care is funded (Craven Herald & Pioneer)

March 2018

• End demanded to ‘unfair’ underfunding of children’s education (Cornwall Live)

February 2018

• ‘Left behind’: NFU calls for fairer police funding for rural areas (Farming UK)