State of Rural Services

An annual significant report from the RSN which maps developments and trends in rural public service provision across England:

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19 Aug 2025

New Report Highlights Ongoing Rural Service Challenges

Rural England CIC has today published its latest State of Rural Services 2025 report, providing an updated and detailed picture of how people living in rural areas across England access...

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11 Feb 2019

The State of Rural Services Report launched in Parliament

Basic mobile calls are not possible across main networks in a third of rural homes. The report also finds that rural residents are losing out as bus services are scrapped....

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11 Feb 2019

Countryside being let down by mobile phone giants

The Telegraph and Mail both reported on Rural England’s biannual State of Rural Services report, which fund that a third of rural households are unable to make a basic mobile...

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17 Jan 2017

‘Patchy’ services blight communities

Rural communities are suffering due to the patchy provision of key services, a major report has warned. Transport, education, health and welfare services that act as a lifeline to more...

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21 Mar 2013

State of Rural Services

State of Rural Public Services Report 2016 A report by the Rural England CIC in conjunction with the Rural Services Network. Published January 2017 State of Rural Public Services Report...

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