Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
06 Jul 2020
PM’s pledge to simplify planning system welcomed by rural sector
Farming UK and The Guardian have covered the reaction from the rural sector to Boris Johnson’s plans to simplify the planning system as a way to kick start the post-COVID-19...
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06 Jul 2020
Spotlight on Rural Housing – July 2020
A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network and produced in partnership with the Rural Housing Alliance, highlighting a selection of current rural housing issues and...
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08 Jun 2020
Fears for post offices after subsidy is slashed
The Telegraph reports that ministers have been accused of failing to protect the Post Office beyond 2021 which could put the future of 11,500 branches at risk The Government insisted...
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01 Jun 2020
Financial Times reflects sentiment that increasing numbers of city-dwellers are now considering a move to the countryside due to the pandemic
An opinion editorial in the Financial Times this week confirms the growing number of urban residents that are now considering living in the countryside as lockdown has forced the country...
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26 May 2020
Rural Britain Needs a New Deal
Dr Gill Cookson, Chair of Scarborough and Whitby CLP, writes in Left Foot Forward, a left-wing website covering politics, about a new study from the University of Newcastle demonstrating that...
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04 May 2020
Rural areas have a higher job loss risk due to Covid-19
Fresh analysis from the RSA, based on the latest furloughing data from the ONS and the jobs profile for each local authority, gives a new, up-to-date, robust and localised insight...
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09 Mar 2020
‘Libraries and Rural Touring Arts’ – maximising the potential of our nation’s libraries
National Rural Touring Forum (NRTF) to support touring into Libraries in a new national project funded by Arts Council England New figures reveal almost 800 libraries have closed since 2010....
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13 Feb 2020
Road Network Size and Condition
This analysis presents data from the Department for Transport about the estimates of the length of all roads maintained by the Local Highway Authority in the selected area and the...
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03 Feb 2020
Coastal and rural areas must not be left exposed by city-region devolution deals
On Thursday, the Yorkshire Post published early evidence suggesting a decade of devolution for Yorkshire, as ministers have already struck a deal with Sheffield City Region leaders A separate agreement...
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03 Feb 2020
RSA: English towns need levelling-up with cities on devolution
Towns and rural areas in England must benefit from the next wave of devolution alongside cities, with a majority of all people in England wanting greater local decision-making, according to...
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