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.
27 Jun 2022
Not enough money for adult social care reforms, say 98 per cent of councils
Almost all councils (98 per cent) responding to a Local Government Association (LGA) survey on the Government’s adult social care reform agenda say they do not have confidence that the...
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27 Jun 2022
Accessing digital services in rural communities
Research published by Work Foundation at Lancashire University discusses digital poverty and how this is a particular problem in rural areas Excerpts of the research, which the Rural Services Network...
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27 Jun 2022
Holiday homes are ‘hollowing out’ coastal areas, says MP
The Guardian reports Labour MP Luke Pollard says Covid-19 has ‘turbo-charged’ housing crisis in rural and coastal towns Coastal communities are being “hollowed out irretrievably” by a surge in holiday...
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27 Jun 2022
Rural England Forgotten in Government’s Levelling Up White Paper
Yorkshire Times reports that according to new research commissioned by the Rural Services Network, if England’s rural communities were a distinct region, their need for levelling up would be greater...
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27 Jun 2022
Rural residents will pay £800 more per year to keep driving
The Daily Express reports that rural households that depend on their cars are having to spend nearly £800 a year more on fuel than people who live in urban areas,...
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20 Jun 2022
Priced off the road
Newsnight on 14th June highlighted the plight of rural communities struggling with the negative impact of the rising cost of fuel on rural communities “For those living in rural areas...
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20 Jun 2022
Alarming new figures show the desperate shortage of GPs as rural areas are worst hit
The Daily Mail reports that Doctors in Unite union claim that the UK is short of 20,000 GPs, with health think tank The King’s Fund adding that general practice is...
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20 Jun 2022
Lib-Dems pressing for rural fuel relief fund
Cambrian News reports that the Liberal Democrats have called on the UK government to cut fuel duty in rural areas to help families tackle soaring petrol prices This follows analysis...
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20 Jun 2022
BT executive says Brexit is slowing superfast broadband rollout
The Financial Times reports that Britain’s ability to roll out superfast broadband across the country is being slowed by the “tortuous” process of recruiting workers from the EU following Brexit,...
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20 Jun 2022
‘Hidden region’: rural England forgotten in Government’s Levelling Up White Paper
20th June 2022: Were England’s rural communities a distinct region, their need for Levelling Up would be greater than that of any other part of the country, according to new...
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