Rural Fair Funding
Amid reduced public spending, fair resource allocation across regions is crucial. Despite a population larger than Greater London, rural areas receive significantly less funding for essential services, even though delivering these services in rural locales is costlier.
06 Apr 2021
Funding flaw gives Scotland 30 per cent more cash for public services
The Scottish Government’s funding per person is almost 30 per cent higher than the English equivalent, according to The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), as reported by the BBC and...
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08 Mar 2021
Delivering equitable funding for rural areas is critical
Rural Services Network (RSN), CPRE, English Rural Housing Association and Britain’s Leading Edge have called for reform of Government funding, so that it adequately serves rural communities, reports Politics Home...
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08 Mar 2021
Shropshire Council motion on Rural Fair Funding and levelling up
Shropshire Council debated a motion on 25th February which set out details of the imbalance of funding between rural and urban councils The motion asked the Council to instruct the...
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01 Mar 2021
Budget’s case for levelling up rural areas
An article written by Graham Biggs (Chief Executive of the Rural Services Network) has been featured by the The Yorkshire Post and this can be read below. The Rural Services...
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22 Feb 2021
Chancellor must do more to tackle rampant rural disadvantage, campaigners urge
New economic research reveals government spending per person on public infrastructure is 44% higher for urban areas than it is for rural areas. Rural Services Network, Britain’s Leading Edge, CPRE,...
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08 Feb 2021
Final Settlement Published
The Rural Services Network (RSN) is pleased that the Final Settlement for Local Government, announced last week in Parliament with a written statement from the Minister, includes the additional £4...
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04 Jan 2021
RSN urge rural authorities to respond to the consultation
The Government announced the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement on 17th December 2020 This sets out the funding that Local Authorities will receive for the period 2021-2022. The Rural Services...
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22 Dec 2020
Still no fair share for rural communities
Last week’s Provisional Settlement for 2021/22 for local government once again means rural residents paying more in Council Tax (per head) than their urban counterparts. The Government’s policies show rural...
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17 Dec 2020
RSN responds to Provisional Settlement 2021-22
RSN reaction to Provisional Local Government Financial Settlement The Rural Services Network welcomes the news of an increase in Rural Services Delivery Grant in the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement...
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14 Dec 2020
Spending Review 2020 – Gigabit capable broadband funding
In our analysis of the Spending Review 2020 through a Rural Lens (referred to in last week’s Bulletin and available here) we reported on the Spending Review decision regarding the...
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