Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
08 Jul 2019
Tory leadership candidates share views on rural issues
Farming UK reports that the Countryside Alliance questioned Conservative leadership candidates Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt on the future of rural policy Hunt promised to ‘fast track’ the delivery of...
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08 Jul 2019
Rural areas becoming ‘child free’ zones
Stray FM and Scarborough News cover the news that there are fears in North Yorkshire, and around the country, that many of the UK’s rural areas could become child-free zones...
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08 Jul 2019
Rural areas need specific policies
A comment piece in Forbes argues that more must be done to encourage innovation and economic growth in rural areas. The author cites a recent study from the University of...
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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
Mental health care for teenagers is focus of conference
The BBC are reporting about 70 people, including teachers, pupils and NHS staff, are meeting today to discuss mental health provision in west Cumbria after an initiative by young people...
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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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