Public Sector Funding
The RSN demands fairer funding from Central Government who have historically and systematically underfunded rural areas.
01 Oct 2018
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...
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18 Sep 2018
RSN response to Finance Settlement 2019 Technical Consultation
The RSN has responded to the Finance Settlement 2019 Technical Consultation (September 2018) You can download the full RSN response below: PDF Version – click here Word version – click...
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17 Sep 2018
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,...
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03 Sep 2018
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...
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27 Aug 2018
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...
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23 Aug 2018
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...
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22 Aug 2018
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...
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22 Aug 2018
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...
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17 Aug 2018
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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16 Aug 2018
MPs seek evidence for bus services inquiry
MPs are asking for help to shape an inquiry into the decline of the bus market in England outside London. Bus service use is in decline in England, according to...
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