Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
19 Aug 2019
Shadow Minister warns of Brexit impact on rural education
Tes reports on comments by the Shadow Further Education Minister, Gordon Marsden, who has warned that Brexit could lead to communities being excluded from further education Marsden told the education...
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19 Aug 2019
Launch of The Village Survival Guide
The Prince’s Countryside Fund last week published The Village Survival Guide, a vibrant, entertaining manual featuring case histories, checklists and practical advice. The guide is intended to help those living...
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12 Aug 2019
New UK Government and a one-year spending review
Whilst media headlines have naturally focussed on the new prime minister’s plans for Brexit, the formation of a new government also has implications for local government funding It has now...
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12 Aug 2019
Drug crime in rural communities
Research from the BBC today shows drug crime is increasing in many small towns and villages even as it falls in urban areas National Rural Crime Network (NRCN) Chair Julia...
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12 Aug 2019
Eight in 10 areas in the UK lack full 4G coverage
Millions of people are at risk of mobile signal blackouts because they live in the four-fifths of UK constituency areas that suffer from patchy 4G mobile coverage, new analysis from...
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12 Aug 2019
Rural crime in Britain hits seven-year high
Several publications, including the Guardian, cover a report released by the insurer NFU Mutual on rural crime The annual report details that rural crime has hit a seven-year high, costing...
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05 Aug 2019
Neighbourhood Planning Assistance from Locality
Interested in bringing affordable housing for sale through your neighbourhood plan? Find out how with a Locality online webinar. Neighbourhood planning can be a powerful tool for communities to address...
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05 Aug 2019
Johnson backs local government devolution
The MJ covers comments made by the Prime Minister on greater devolution. Speaking at the Manchester Science and Industry Museum, Boris Johnson said that London and Manchester have thrived because...
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05 Aug 2019
Rural crime not taken seriously by police
The Farnham Herald reports on new analysis by the Country Land and Business Association that found police forces are failing to recognise the severity of rural crime. Fly-tipping, machinery or...
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30 Jul 2019
Rural Group reach out to new PM
The Rural Services Network, ACRE, Plunkett Foundation and Rural Coalition have written to the new Prime Minister Boris Johnson MP to highlight issues of concern in rural areas and call...
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