Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
28 Oct 2019
Spotlight on a place to learn and grow
The RSN is calling on government to produce a fully funded, comprehensive rural strategy. In this strategy there are a number of areas which we believe are linked, and need...
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21 Oct 2019
NFSP calls for support to reverse Barclays scrapping of post office cash withdrawals
The National Federation of SubPostmasters (NFSP) is seeking co-signatures for an open letter to Barclays CEO Jes Staley The NFSP is requesting that the bank reverse its decision to cease...
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21 Oct 2019
Time for a rural strategy
The RSN believes that the Government should take the lead and work with interested organisations to produce a comprehensive long term and funded Rural Strategy. We have developed a Template...
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14 Oct 2019
Bank causes uproar by scrapping free post office cash withdrawals
The Guardian reports a decision by Barclays to pull out of an agreement allowing bank customers to withdraw cash from post offices for free has been criticised as “shocking”. The...
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14 Oct 2019
Lord Foster: Rural Britain has been ignored for too long
Chair of the Lords Rural Economy Select Committee Lord Foster of Bath has argued this week in Politics Home that the Government needs to implement a comprehensive rural strategy. He...
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14 Oct 2019
Barclays halts branch closures for two years
ITV News reports that Barclays bank has pledged not to close bank branches in remote areas, or where the bank is the last in the area for two years. Barclays...
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14 Oct 2019
Rural way of life under attack, says Countryside Alliance
Politicians should ‘stand up’ for the ‘rural way of life’ according to the new chairman of the Countryside Alliance. Nick Herbert, who was formerly a Conservative MP, has claimed that...
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14 Oct 2019
The new £20 note unveiled
The bank of England have unveiled the design of the new £20 note featuring the artist JMW Turner It will be issued for the first time on 20 February 2020....
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07 Oct 2019
Rural Crime Week of Action
Sunday 6th – Sunday 13th October The National Rural Crime Network is supporting the Rural Crime Week of Action being organised by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and forces across...
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07 Oct 2019
5G won’t solve rural connectivity issues
New research from uSwitch.com demonstrates that the introduction of 5G across the country will not solve the UK’s rural connectivity problems ITV reports on the survey that found that a...
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