Rural Coalition
The Rural Services Network is part of the Rural Coalition, a grouping of national organisations that subscribe to a vision for a living and working countryside in England.
We aim to use the Rural Coalition to have a stronger rural voice on key issues that impact rural communities.
Further information can be found at this link: https://acre.org.uk/rural-coalition/
- The Rural Coalition is Chaired by Mark Pragnell.
- The President of the Rural Coalition is The Rt Rev. the Lord Bishop of Newcastle
29 Mar 2022
Overarching Rural Lens review of Levelling Up White Paper published
Is the Levelling Up White Paper fit for purpose in the rural context? That’s the question being explored by the Rural Services Network in its overarching Rural Lens critique of...
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01 Nov 2021
Lords Debate Rural Poverty
The House of Lords had a short debate on rural poverty last week following a question asked by the Lord Bishop of St Albans, President of the Rural Coalition. You...
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10 May 2021
Rural Coalition response to rural proofing
RURAL PROOFING IN ENGLAND 2020 REPORT COMMENTS FROM THE RURAL COALITION In March 2021 the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) published its first annual rural proofing report,...
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28 Sep 2020
Call for Government to level-up rural areas to support England’s economic recovery from COVID-19
Call for Government to level-up rural areas to support England’s economic recovery from COVID-19 Rural Coalition urges Government to unlock untapped potential of rural communities and economies and to address...
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28 Sep 2020
Rural Coalition: ‘Rural areas in danger of being left behind’
Several news outlets have followed up on the Rural Coalition’s calls for Government to commit equitable funding for rural areas to support England’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic Papers...
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18 Nov 2019
Rural Coalition urges election candidates to think rural
The Rural Coalition, an alliance of thirteen national organisations including the Rural Services Network, has called on all Political Parties and Parliamentary candidates to put rural issues at the forefront of...
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30 Jul 2019
Rural Group reach out to new PM
The Rural Services Network, ACRE, Plunkett Foundation and Rural Coalition have written to the new Prime Minister Boris Johnson MP to highlight issues of concern in rural areas and call...
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