Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
12 Dec 2022
Sunak set to end ban on new onshore windfarms in face of Tory rebellion
The Guardian reports that Rishi Sunak has signalled the end of a moratorium on new onshore wind projects in an attempt to head off a row with Tory MPs The...
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12 Dec 2022
Lib Dem leader calls for new rural communities minister following DEFRA
The Yorkshire Post reports that Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Ed Davey has backed a key policy of the Country Land and Business Association’s (CLA) Rural Powerhouse campaign to create a...
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14 Nov 2022
Rural areas are being failed by the Government
Shropshire Star reports how a Shropshire MP has warned that rural areas are at risk of being left behind due to government “neglect” and a Levelling Up policy that does not...
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31 Oct 2022
A new leadership for rural?
Blog Post by Kerry Booth, Chief Executive Designate of RSN As we prepare again at the RSN to write to the new group of Ministers, setting out the case for...
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31 Oct 2022
Rural campaigners tell Sunak challenges ahead are ‘significant’
Farming UK reports that Rishi Sunak, the new Prime Minister, will face ‘significant and complex’ issues according to rural campaigners It comes as farmers across the UK have been struggling...
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30 Aug 2022
The second home wars: ‘We are seeing the slow death of rural and coastal villages’
inews have published details regarding the effects of increasing second home ownership upon the rural communities where these homes are bought There’s nothing like a sunny summer holiday to stoke...
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08 Aug 2022
Rural Coalition letter published – Tories’ rural policies
A letter from the Rt Rev Alan Smith (Bishop of St Albans and President, Rural Coalition) has been published in the Telegraph on Monday 8th August The Rural Services Network...
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01 Aug 2022
Truss and Sunak tell rural Tory voters they will ‘champion’ their way of life
The Telegraph reports that the leadership candidates have pledged to ‘champion the rural way of life’ in a written plea to rural campaigners Writing in the magazine of the Countryside...
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18 Jul 2022
Tory leadership candidates must prioritise rural areas, campaigners say
Farming UK reports that campaigners have urged conservative leadership candidates to prioritise farming and rural communities amidst the cost-of-living crisis, as the leadership contest accelerates This includes passing measures to...
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04 Jul 2022
Older Rural Residents grow in number
The first results are in from Census 2021 and they show a worrying trend for rural service providers Rural areas have always had a greater share of over 65 residents...
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