Media Coverage
The Rural Services Network is often quoted in the media – by newspapers and the specialist press, as well as on radio and television.
A selection of articles highlighting the work of the Rural Services Network on behalf of England’s rural communities is shown below:
19 Jun 2025
Media Coverage – June 2025
19 June 2025 – House of Lords Committee – Social Mobility in Rural Areas Kerry Booth, RSN Chief Executive, gave oral evidence to the Lords’ Social Mobility Policy Committee’s inquiry...
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25 May 2025
Media Coverage – May 2025
Kerry Booth, Chief Executive of the Rural Services Network, is quoted in the Express newspaper discussing the future of terrestrial TV. Express – Campaigners demand rethink over plan to switch off...
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29 Mar 2025
Media Coverage – March 2025
Future Flight Social Insight podcast Kerry Booth, the Chief Executive of the Rural Services Network (RSN), was recently featured on the University of Birmingham’s Future Flight Social Insight podcast. This series...
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09 Feb 2025
Media Coverage – February 2025
Kerry spoke on BBC Spotlight 09.02.2025 Politics South West – 09/02/2025 – BBC iPlayer RSN was invited to participate in a significant discussion on BBC Breakfast. The segment, which aired...
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14 Jan 2025
Media Coverage – January 2025
Health Matters: Rural Financial Crisis Deepens: RSN Analysis Exposes Stark Funding Inequities in Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement (Link now expired) PSE: Herefordshire Council highlights critical funding disparity in recent...
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21 Dec 2024
Media Coverage – December 2024
Cornwall Council: Cornwall Council calls for fairer funding for rural areas | Falmouth Packet Shropshire Star: Rural funding removal ‘demonstrates a blatant disregard for rural communities like South Shropshire’ says...
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19 Nov 2024
Media Coverage – November 2024
The RSN is quoted in a Times newspaper: The Times – Farmers’ anger is about much more than tax *Please be aware you will require a Times subscription to be able to...
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28 Oct 2024
Media Coverage – October 2024
The Rural Services Network is featured in a story published by the Mail which discusses the removal of the £2 bus fares: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14008937/labour-warned-2-bus-fare-budget-axe.html
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15 Sep 2024
Media Coverage – September 2024
BBC Sounds – Radio York RSN Chief Executive, Kerry Booth, discusses the impact of Rural Connectivity after the announcement that 4,500 homes in Rural Villages across West Yorkshire and York will...
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25 Jul 2024
Media Coverage – July 2024
Chief Executive, Kerry Booth spoke with Anna Hill on BBC’s Farming Today programme In her segment, Kerry addressed the crucial topic of fair funding and its implications across various aspects...
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