Rural Vulnerability
Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of issues such as poor transport, lack of broadband low wages and higher than average house prices.
28 Jan 2019
Clean air strategy to intensify rural fuel poverty
The RSN has this week written to the Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, to ask him to consider the impact that the Clean Air Strategy will have on...
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28 Jan 2019
What it’s like to lose rural public services
The website HuffPost UK has launched What It’s Like to Lose, a series to examine the impact of cuts to public services. The first article examined the effect of the...
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28 Jan 2019
Link raises fees to save rural ATMs
ATM network operator Link is planning to increase the fees it offers operators in order to keep free rural cash machines available, according to the website TalkingRetail.com. From April 1...
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28 Jan 2019
How to get superfast rural broadband
The Sunday Times has published an article offering advice to readers on how to access superfast broadband in remote areas of the UK. Three options are listed: a universal service...
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28 Jan 2019
Santander to close one in five branches
The Times reported on Santander’s plans to close a fifth of its high street network and make over 800 staff redundant because customers are increasingly switching to online banking. 140...
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23 Jan 2019
Rural Economy Committee – RSN Summary of the Final Evidence Session
The House of Lords Rural Economy Committee met for a final evidence session on the Government’s vision for the rural economy on Tuesday 22 January. The committee heard evidence from:...
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21 Jan 2019
Underfunding of rural hospitals
Health think tank The Nuffield Trust has published its review on the impact of rurality on the costs of delivering health care in partnership with the National Centre for Rural...
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21 Jan 2019
Rural schools face ‘educational isolation’
The Times Educational Supplement has published the results of a report that warns rural schools are facing ‘educational isolation’ beyond simply being based in a remote area. The report’s authors...
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21 Jan 2019
Students walk ‘dark and dangerous’ route in the face of bus cuts
Parents and students in North Hampshire are protesting proposed cuts to school bus services that would see pupils walking three miles across ‘unlit heathland and a busy A road’ in...
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21 Jan 2019
First Church Archdeacon for ‘Rural Mission’ appointed
Canon Sally Gaze is the first Church of England Archdeacon for Rural Mission to be appointed, according to the Church Times. The Archdeacon for Rural Mission will help to increase...
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