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.
16 May 2022
Poor broadband hinders resilience among rural businesses
Sub-standard infrastructure in rural areas – particularly lack of quality broadband – is affecting businesses’ ability to be resilient and bounce back from adversity, according to a major survey from...
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16 May 2022
Loss of BPS will cost South West economy £883m, report finds
Farmers Weekly reports that the rural economy in the South West of England is set to lose hundreds of millions of pounds over the next five years due to the...
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16 May 2022
Landline digital switch puts rural areas ‘at risk’, say campaigners
BBC reports that BT is planning to replace analogue phone lines with broadband based ones by 2025 Under the new scheme, rather than being plugged into a phone socket, handsets...
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09 May 2022
Levelling up just got tougher, says Michael Gove
The BBC report that Michael Gove, the cabinet minister for levelling up, has said rising prices are making the government’s plans to reduce regional inequalities more difficult and more important...
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09 May 2022
Rural travel times to GP practice is more than double than in urban areas
An article published by Dispensing Doctors’ Association show that people in rural areas require more than double the time to get to a GP than in urban areas, the latest Statistical...
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09 May 2022
‘Best farmers’ in England at risk of going bust
The Farmers Guardian reports that a leading rural charity has warned that a combination of changing agriculture policies and high input costs risk putting the ‘best farmers’ in England out...
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03 May 2022
Will ‘levelling up’ deliver for rural areas?
The below article written by RSN Chair Cecilia Motley is featured in this months Local Government First (click here to view this article). Launched with a flurry of grand statements, the...
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03 May 2022
Parliamentary group launches major report into rural economy
The All Party Parliamentary Group on The Rural Powerhouse publishes £43bn blueprint for economic growth in the countryside The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on the Rural Powerhouse has published a new report...
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03 May 2022
Now or never to save cash
Now or never to save cash, Which? warns, as new research reveals ATMs and bank branch network cut to the bone Almost a quarter of free-to-use ATMs have vanished since...
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03 May 2022
The tiny Hertfordshire primary school too small to survive
The BBC asked year six Wareside Primary pupil Alby what he thinks of his school and he replied, through a wide beaming smile, “It is amazing” He knows full well...
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