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 Oct 2025
Rural Households Invited to Share Views on Energy and Water Use
Rural households are being encouraged to take part in important new research from Rural England CIC, working with the University of Leicester, on how people in rural areas experience and...
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30 Sep 2025
Pretty Poverty in Cornwall: Report Exposes Rural Hardship
A new report has warned that deprivation in Cornwall’s rural communities is being overlooked because government measures fail to capture the reality of rural life. The Pretty Poverty Report: Cornwall...
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30 Sep 2025
Local Evidence Highlights Hidden Child Poverty
A new report from Citizens Advice Stroud & Cotswold Districts has exposed the extent of child poverty in areas often perceived as affluent. Child Poverty: Local Evidence – National Action...
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22 Sep 2025
Have Your Say: Delivering for All Survey
The Rural Services Network’s Delivering for All survey is now live – and we want to hear from you. If you live in a village, small town, hamlet or isolated...
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22 Sep 2025
Kerry Booth: Why Fair Funding Matters for Rural Councils
Kerry Booth, Chief Executive of the Rural Services Network, was recently invited to contribute a blog reflecting on the funding challenges faced by rural councils. We are pleased to share...
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22 Sep 2025
Four Days, Hundreds Of Voices, Championing Rural Futures
This year’s National Rural Conference has drawn to a close after four days of debate, discussion and learning focused on the future of rural communities. Over the course of the...
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22 Sep 2025
Parliament Debates the Crisis in SEND Support
MPs from across the House last week debated the urgent need for reform to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) system, following a petition signed by more than 120,000...
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15 Sep 2025
The National Rural Conference 2025 – Rural Fair Funding
The National Rural Conference 2025 is kindly: Supported by: Sponsored by: Sponsored by: Sponsored by: Sponsored by: Rural Fair Funding The Speaker Presentations can be downloaded below: Cllr Roger Phillips,...
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15 Sep 2025
Rural Conference 2025 Opens with a Call for Fairness and Growth
The National Rural Conference 2025 opened on Monday with members, partners and stakeholders coming together to champion the voice of rural communities. Day one focused on two major themes: Fair...
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15 Sep 2025
Minimum Income Standard 2025 Highlights Continuing Shortfalls
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University have published the latest update to the Minimum Income Standard (MIS) – the income...
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