Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
20 May 2019
Deal on rural connectivity potentially agreed
The website Telecoms.com reports that the CEOs of the four major UK mobile network operators (MNOs) have agreed, in theory, on a collaboration plan to address areas of the UK...
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13 May 2019
Rural economies being ignored
The Chair of the Lords Rural Economy Committee Lord Foster argues on the website PoliticsHome.com that successive governments have ignored rural communities, in particular in terms of business needs. He...
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13 May 2019
Future policies must be rural-proofed
An open letter signed by the Rural Services Network and other interested parties was published in the Yorkshire Post. The letter echoes growing calls for Government to rural-proof all future...
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13 May 2019
Cashlesss society leaving vulnerable people risk
A Treasury Select Committee report on consumers’ access to financial services, published on Monday 13, has been widely covered in the media. The report found that financial services providers had...
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13 May 2019
Rural lifestyles contribute to obesity
A new study of 112 million adults around the world found that rural lifestyles can be a major cause of the global obesity epidemic, according to The Telegraph. Since 1975,...
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13 May 2019
Support for the sustainability of rural arts
Arts Council England Chair supports vision for the sustainability of rural arts during visit to brand new National Rural Touring Forum Head Quarters Sir Nicholas Serota, Chairman of Arts Council...
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07 May 2019
Local election results reveal dissatisfaction
Both the Conservatives and Labour suffered disappointing results in the local elections, with Prime Minister Theresa May admitting the Tories had a ‘very difficult’ night. The Conservatives lost control of...
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07 May 2019
Government urged to do more to tackle rural crime
Ahead of a debate on rural crime in the House of Lords, the Bishop of St Albans wrote an article on the website PoliticsHome urging the Government to do more...
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07 May 2019
The importance of rural connectivity
Writing in LocalGov.co.uk this week, TrueSpeed Communications CEO Evan Wienburg argues for the importance of robust digital connectivity. He notes that while ‘we’re living in a golden age for young...
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07 May 2019
ATM fees on the rise
ITV reports on a recent Which? survey that found more than 1,600 free ATM machines were converted into fee-paying machines between January and March this year. More than 1,250 ATMs...
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