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Rural Lens Review of the Queen’s Speech 2022
16.05.2022

Rural Lens Review of the Queen’s Speech 2022

On Tuesday last week Prince Charles outlined the Government’s priorities for the year ahead by delivering the Queen’s Speech. In response the RSN has conducted a Rural Lens Review of the Speech, identifying the following proposed bills of relevance to...

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Poor broadband hinders resilience among rural businesses
16.05.2022

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 the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE). ...

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Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund announces challenge areas for second round of funding, to help accelerate the transition to net zero
16.05.2022

Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund announces challenge areas for second round of funding, to help accelerate the transition to net zero

Ofgem and Innovate UK have announced the challenge areas for the second round of innovation funding under the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF), which opens for applications in early September 2022 The SIF aims to find and fund ambitious, innovative...

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Loss of BPS will cost South West economy £883m, report finds
16.05.2022

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 withdrawal of direct support payments for farmers Research published...

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Government must act on the interests of rural economy, CLA says
16.05.2022

Government must act on the interests of rural economy, CLA says

Farming UK reports that the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has issued that the Government must set out clear steps on how it will level up the rural economy in order to benefit rural communities New planning measures...

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Landline digital switch puts rural areas 'at risk', say campaigners
16.05.2022

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 will be connected to broadband router. Campaigners have...

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Rural renters flood back into London after pandemic exodus
16.05.2022

Rural renters flood back into London after pandemic exodus

The Telegraph reports that renters have flooded back to London and triggered a record jump in the cost of leasing a home in the capital Almost a third of London homes let so far this year have been rented...

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Rural Related Politics - An RSN weekly review
16.05.2022

Rural Related Politics - An RSN weekly review

16 May 2022 Below is an RSN review of last week's rural related politics as well as a look forward to the week ahead: Last week in politics (9 May - 15 May) On Monday...

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Rural Lens Review of UK Shared Prosperity Fund Prospectus and Allocations
09.05.2022

Rural Lens Review of UK Shared Prosperity Fund Prospectus and Allocations

On 13 April Government published the eagerly awaited UK Shared Prosperity Fund Prospectus , to find out how rural communities have fared we have produced a Rural Lens Review of the Prospectus and Allocations . Our key...

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What could be in this year’s Queen's Speech relevant to rural areas?
09.05.2022

What could be in this year’s Queen's Speech relevant to rural areas?

The State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday 11 May, marks the formal start of the parliamentary year. During the ceremony, the Queen’s Speech allows the Government to set out its priorities and programme for the coming session, including the legislation...

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