Press Releases
30 Jun 2014
High house prices force rural exodus
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 30 June 2014 THE Rural Services Network [1] has welcomed a study highlighting the plight of people who are being forced out of the countryside due...
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13 May 2014
Rural network supports warning over childcare costs
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 13 May 2014 Responding to findings that rural families pay £600 more per year in childcare costs than their urban counterparts [1], Rural Services Network [2]...
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07 May 2014
New threat to affordable rural housing
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 7 May 2014 GOVERNMENT proposals threaten to reduce the delivery of much-needed affordable housing in the countryside, the Rural Services Network [1] has warned. The network...
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24 Apr 2014
National Rural Crime Network praised in parliament
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 24 April 2014 AN innovative rural network set up to help combat crime in the countryside has been praised by a government minister. Bus services are...
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10 Mar 2014
Bus service cuts threaten rural communities
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 11 March 2014 Further cuts to vital bus services threaten to have a devastating impact on England’s rural communities, the Rural Services Network [1] has warned. ...
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05 Feb 2014
Royal speaker at national affordable rural housing conference
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 13 February 2014 Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal will be delivering a keynote speech at the national affordable rural housing conference being held in Cheltenham...
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04 Feb 2014
New national rural crime network launches
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 4 February 2014 A new National Rural Crime Network, endorsed by eighteen (18) of the UK’s Police and Crime Commissioners, has been set up to help...
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05 Nov 2013
MPs put Government under pressure on rural funding
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 5 November 2013 Last night (Monday 4th November) a cross-party group of MPs formally presented petitions from 119 rural constituencies to the Government: a clear sign...
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14 Oct 2013
Fairer rural funding remains thorny issue
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 14 October 2013 Debate in Parliament shows that funding for rural authorities is a thorny issue that has not gone away. On Thursday (10...
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31 Jul 2013
Countryside Services Face Axe As Government Increases Rural Penalty
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release 31 July 2013 Rural local authorities have reacted with disbelief to the Government’s latest funding consultation which moves considerable resources to urban areas in London and...
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