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Rural Lens review on the Government's Wireless Infrastructure Strategy
The Rural Services Network has published its Rural Lens Review of the Wireless Infrastructure Strategy issued by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology last month.
Rural Services Network's thoughts on the UK Wireless Infrastructure Strategy are summarised as follows:
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Government Warned Help To Buy Boost Would Push House Prices Even Higher

Deposit-free mortgages aimed at renters launched

Mobile UK Calls on Newly Elected Councillors to prioritise digital strategies

Eden Housing Association's Regulator awards the landlord highest rating for Governance!

GP plan asks more patients to use pharmacies

Rural Services Network supports national awards for parish and town councils

Congratulations to all those newly elected or re-elected in the Local Elections last week, we look forward to working with you on behalf of rural communities! Thanks also to all of the council staff that work so hard to make sure that the elections run smoothly.RSN Seminar: Rural Housing will be held between 11:00-1:00 on Wednesday, 28th June 2023 online via Zoom. This event is free to attend to all members and you can book your place by visiting this link.Congratulations to His Majesty the King, who was crowned at the weekend, we hope all of you enjoyed the celebrations held far and wide across the country.

Welcome to the latest analysis produced by our inhouse rural analyst.
This week we've considered Recycling and Waste and Benefits Processing.You can find Recycling and Waste analysis in the the following areas for the year 2021/2022:

• Residual Waste per Household
• Household Waste sent for Reuse, Recycling or Composting
• Collected household Waste per person
• Municipal Waste Sent to Landfill

With the analyses which can be accessed at this link, you can see your authority's performance, compared to other rural councils. The graphs are colour coded, to show you the top quartile performance in green, down to bottom quartile in red and can give you an idea of how well your area is performing. We've also done some analysis on Benefits processing times for Q3 data for 2022/2023 which has just been released.
This enables you to check your authorities performance compared to other rural councils at processing new housing benefit claims or change of circumstances to existing claims. You can view the analysis at this link.We would love your feedback on the analysis that we produce to ensure that it is meeting your needs.
Please feel free to contact dan.worth@sparse.gov.uk with your views or if there are alternative measures you'd like to see compared.

Hinterland is back after a lay off of a few weeks. In this royal week – we have two stories of doing dare involving a helicopter and earth digger! We also have cycle lanes, rainforest, 100% mortgages and the return of Llandegley International Airport in Powys, which may or may not exist!!! Read on...

Looking for funding for your local project or community group? Read the latest edition of the Funding Digest here

Read the latest Government Consultations that may be relevant to rural communities here

Member Insights is the place to discover the statistics that define communities within our membershipVisit the Members Insights here

Find out about our campaign for fairer funding for rural areas here
This includes our work on the Local Government Finance Settlement

The Rural Services Network encompasses a wide range of partners and organisations who all work together to help provide a voice for rural communities. Over 20,000 members belong to the network.
We represent over 500 organisations across the public, private and voluntary sectors including leading national bodies, local authorities, utility companies, health trusts, housing associations, grass root community organisations and more.
The Rural Services Network is a membership organisation and includes different types of membership depending on the kind of organisation you belong to.For further details click here

This Rural Bulletin is published by the Rural Services Network and brings you a round up of our existing publications in one place.

If you have any comments on the Rural Bulletin, please contact us here.