Politics
01 Oct 2018
New food supplies minister
The Guardian and several trade outlets reported on the appointment of David Rutley MP as a junior minister at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The Government...
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06 Feb 2018
Minister unveils £81m for rural services
The government has unveiled £81m for rural services as part of its finance settlement for local authorities. The funding was announced by communities secretary Sajid Javid as he confirmed the...
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05 Feb 2018
Finance settlement due this week
The government is set to confirm its financial settlement for local authorities amid growing concern that councils are struggling to deliver vital services. The final local government finance settlement for...
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01 Feb 2018
New leadership for Parliamentary group
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Rural Services has elected two MPs as it new co-chairs. Co-chairs Philip Dunne, MP (Ludlow) and Rebecca Pow, MP (Taunton Deane) were elected on Tuesday...
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17 Jan 2018
Funding cuts pile pressure on services
Funding cuts are set to pile further pressure on already over-stretched public services, the Rural Services Network has warned. Rural local authorities are set to lose one third of their...
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08 Jan 2018
Pressure mounts over fairer funding
The government is facing renewed calls for fairer funding for rural communities. It follows the announcement of its provisional local finance settlement, which is due to be finalised over the...
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20 Dec 2017
Cautious welcome for provisional settlement
The Rural Services Network has given a cautious welcome to the government’s provisional local finance settlement for local authorities. But the network has also warned warned that more must be...
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04 Dec 2017
‘Write to your MP over hospital transport’
RURAL people are being asked to write to their MPs and call for a review of non-emergency patient transport services. It follows warnings by Age UK that older people are facing...
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30 Nov 2017
RSN demands fairer funding for rural areas
The Rural Services Network is calling on the government to ensure that rural communities receive fairer funding for vital public services. It comes as the government prepares to announce its...
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19 Oct 2017
Councils fight for fairer funding
COUNCIL leaders travelled to parliament to highlight the need for fairer rural funding. Lincolnshire county council leader Martin Hill and other local authority leaders from the county met local government...
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