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 Dec 2019
Councils fight back against BT plans to remove rural phone boxes
Local authorities in Yorkshire have banded together to oppose BT’s plan to remove telephone boxes in rural areas, according to the Yorkshire Post Councils across Yorkshire are calling on BT...
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09 Dec 2019
Average journey times to public services across England revealed
The Department for Transport calculates journey times from neighbourhoods across England to eight types of local service on foot and using public transport Destinations range from job centres to GP...
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09 Dec 2019
Labour and Tories pledge to spend on public transport
Both Labour and Conservatives made significant spending pledges on public transport last week The Conservative Party promised to spend more than £4 billion on new bus and metro links across...
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02 Dec 2019
Post Office transaction payments to increase
The Post Office have agreed, following a six-month review, to increase transaction payments made to Post Office managers by around 10% from next year. They have also agreed to introduce...
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02 Dec 2019
Winter pressures increasing for care services
The MJ reports that more than 90 per cent of adult care directors are concerned at their ability to cope with winter pressures or provider failure The Association of Directors...
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02 Dec 2019
‘Politicians should get the bus,’ say passengers
Politicians should be getting the bus to see the kind of issues people are facing, passengers have said in the midst of a general election campaign, according to the BBC...
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11 Nov 2019
Post Office signs new agreement with 28 UK banks to provide everyday banking services
The Post Office has announced a new agreement with 28 UK banks to ensure that millions of their customers continue to have national, free access to everyday banking services. Our...
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11 Nov 2019
Calling last orders for loneliness
Pub is The Hub has launched Join Inn – Last Orders for Loneliness to combat loneliness and isolation through services and activities provided by pubs in a £100,000 two-year pilot programme that...
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11 Nov 2019
Government announces plans to tackle GP crisis in rural areas
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Matt Hancock (Health Secretary) acknowledged rising public concern about GP accessibility – and said he had sometimes struggled to get an appointment himself...
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11 Nov 2019
Councils need billions more for adult care
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has reported that Councils need ‘billions of pounds in additional funding to meet the rising costs of adult social care’, and this is just to...
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