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:
26 Jun 2024
Media Coverage – June 2024
An article from from the RSN has been been published by LocalGov which discusses what rural councils want from the next government: https://www.localgov.co.uk/NextGov-What-rural-councils-want-from-the-next-government/60670 Another article from from the RSN has...
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22 Mar 2024
Media Coverage – March 2024
Kerry Booth, Chief Executive of the Rural Services Network, addresses empowering rural communities with digital connectivity on a recent episode of the Social Footprint podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CWu1yNXKzw Kerry Booth also featured in Fruit &...
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23 Feb 2024
Media Coverage – February 2024
RSN Chief Executive, Kerry Booth, is quoted in the Express Newspaper discussing the taxi tax and the impact on people living in rural areas: Jeremy Hunt urged to halt new...
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16 Jan 2024
Media Coverage – January 2024
16 January – Devon Live Devon’s most vulnerable ‘at risk’ due to budget gaps: https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devons-most-vulnerable-at-risk-9034704
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31 Dec 2023
Media Coverage – 2023
December 2023 RSN Chief Executive, Kerry Booth, was quoted in the Guardian Newspaper discussing bank closures in rural high streets: ‘People are devastated’: anger and anxiety as Peak District loses...
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31 Dec 2022
Media Coverage – 2022
December 2022 A coalition of groups – including Silver Voices, the Children’s Media Foundation, the Rural Services Network and the Voice of the Listener and Viewer – is urging the...
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31 Dec 2021
Media Coverage – 2021
November 2021 Recent RSN reports feature in the below article about rural poverty, in the latest edition of Prospect magazine: Prospect – Poverty in rural Britain is too often overlooked—as my...
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31 Dec 2020
Media Coverage – 2020
October 2020 Detailed below is a roundup of the media coverage in October received from the release of a report commissioned by the Rural Services Network, along with CPRE and English...
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31 Dec 2019
Media Coverage – 2019
September 2019 Detailed below is a roundup of the media coverage in September received from the RSN’s Annual Rural Conference Press Release: – Shropshire Star – Shropshire councillor in renewed calls...
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31 Dec 2018
Media Coverage – 2018
September 2018 Read the latest article from our Chair Councillor Motley on Fair Funding for Rural Areas which features in Local Government First, the magazine published by the LGA. (page 27)...
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