Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
01 Jul 2019
Rural communities demand change from next PM
FarmingUK reports on a major survey conducted by the Countryside Alliance showed that only 8.5 per cent of people think that life in the countryside has improved in the last...
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01 Jul 2019
The price of countryside living
Inside Housing carries a piece on the affordability of homes in rural areas. The article written by Calor Gas highlights the shift of urban workers, retirees and second home owners...
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01 Jul 2019
Success of app-based buses
The Oxford Mail reports on the successful first year of an app-based pilot scheme launched by Oxford Bus Company, PickMeUp, which allows passengers to summon buses within 15 minutes using...
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01 Jul 2019
Northern Powerhouse ‘undermined’ by austerity
Social Affairs Correspondent for the Independent, May Bulman, comments on a report released by the Institute for Public Policy Research North on the state of the north-south divide in the...
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24 Jun 2019
Boris Johnson pledges to tackle digital divide
Writing in The Telegraph, Conservative leadership candidate Boris Johnson pledged to tackle the digital divide He said that it was a ‘disgrace’ that there is such a ‘deep digital divide’...
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24 Jun 2019
Urban schools teach children about gardening more than rural counterparts
The Telegraph reports that urban schools make more of an effort to teach pupils about gardening than their rural counterparts. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has said this is because...
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17 Jun 2019
RSN gives evidence on Rural Broadband to EFRA
Graham Biggs was part of a panel of rural experts that gave evidence recently to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee who are currently exploring rural broadband and mobile coverage,...
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17 Jun 2019
Petition calls on Government to fund free TV licences
A petition on the Age UK website that is calling on the Government to fund free TV licences for over-75s has reached half a million signatures. The petition, Switched Off:...
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17 Jun 2019
Post Office workers pay rates to be reviewed to stop branch closures
Post Office workers could be set for a pay rise after ministers agreed to review their wage rates in order to try to halt branch closures Many postmasters have warned...
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17 Jun 2019
Families trapped in poverty in rural Britain
Channel 4 has produced a ten-minute news piece on poverty in rural Britain as part of its Breadline Britain series. The video emphasises that while the countryside is often idyllic...
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