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

Rural communities are suffering austerity

Speaking at a Labour fringe event at conference last week, Plymouth MP and Shadow Minister for Flooding and Coastal Communities Luke Pollard warned about the danger of assuming that urban

Rural crime collaboration

The Northern Echo reported on how five police forces across the north of England have come together as part of Operation Checkpoint, the largest rural policing operation of its kind,

New funding formula will benefit rural areas

Minister says new funding formula will offer rural areas better deal  The Northern Echo reported on comments by Local Government Minister Rishi Sunak MP on how funding is being calculated

No-deal Brexit paper on rural development

The government has repeated its assertion that rural development projects where funding has been agreed before the end of 2020 will be funded for their full lifetime. Defra issued the guarantee the

Rural businesses ‘need broadband action’

The government is being urged to  “double-down” on its roll-out of broadband to rural areas to boost innovation and narrow the digital divide. The call was made by the Association of Independent

Number of rural elderly to increase

Older people continue to make up a higher proportion of the population in rural and coastal areas than urban areas, confirm the latest government statistics. The Rural Services Network says this

Rural residents have say on transport

Somerset residents are being asked to have their say on a new strategy to shape the future of public transport in the county. Somerset County Council’s draft Passenger Transport Strategy strives to

Councils warn against cutting back services

Plans to strip back public services and offer only a basic ‘core offer’ of services to local residents could be become the norm, county councils have warned. Local authorities face

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

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