Tag: Public Sector Funding

The RSN demands fairer funding from Central Government who have historically and systematically underfunded rural areas.

Fears over council funding gap

The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that councils in England are facing an £8 billion funding gap by 2025. Metro reported that, according to the LGA, by 2020 councils

Welcome to 2019 from the RSN!

We’re looking forward to another busy year supporting all of our members. Our mission is to be the national champion for rural services, ensuring that people in rural areas have

RSN RESPONSE – Provisional Settlement

RSN response to Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement The Rural Services Network has long campaigned for fairer funding for rural areas and it today welcomed the additional £16million allocation to the

Local government funding

Local Government Secretary James Brokenshire announced last week the Government’s proposed 2.8 per cent funding increase for local authorities, as reported by PublicFinance.co.uk. This is, however, dependent on local authorities

Funding of adult social care inquiry

The Rural Services APPG has for some months been carrying out an Inquiry into the future funding of Adult Social Care in the rural context. The Inquiry was limited to

Council spending woes

The BBC has published data detailing the extent of council cuts since 2010. The statistics show that in England councils spend most on education, followed by adult and then children’s

Church calls for joined-up rural strategy

A Rural Strategy was agreed at the recent AGM of the Rural Services Network.   This document calls upon the Government to take the lead to produce a comprehensive, long

Select Committee on the Rural Economy

Our Chief Executive Graham Biggs MBE gave evidence today (16th October 2018) to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy.   He responded to a number of

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Tag: Public Sector Funding

The RSN demands fairer funding from Central Government who have historically and systematically underfunded rural areas.

Local government funding

Local Government Secretary James Brokenshire announced last week the Government’s proposed 2.8 per cent funding

Council spending woes

The BBC has published data detailing the extent of council cuts since 2010. The statistics

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