⏰Closing Friday

We’re recruiting a Rural Evidence Analyst to support RSN’s work as the national champion for rural services.

📊 Data-focused
🏡 Fully remote
⏱️ Part-time (22.5 hrs)

Apply by 20 Feb👉 rsnonline.org.uk/were-recruit...

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As the national voice for rural services, RSN is examining the Final Local Government Finance Settlement and its implications for rural councils.

Initial concerns remain. Further analysis to follow.

Our initial response: ➡️ rsnonline.org.uk/final-local-...

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🚨Local Government Finance Settlement published. We’re reviewing the detail and will share our rural analysis and response in due course.

➡️ gov.uk/government/c...

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💷Rural residents will continue to pay around 20% more in council tax on average than urban residents, because of lower Government-funded spending power. (RSN analysis)
➡️ rsnonline.org.uk/rsn-serious-...
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📊The Funding gap between places remains stark.
Our analysis shows the most urban councils will receive 41% more Government-funded spending power per head than the most rural in 2026–27.
➡️ rsnonline.org.uk/rsn-serious-...
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A fair funding formula must be transparent, evidence-based and work for rural areas too.
Read our full analysis 👇
rsnonline.org.uk/rsn-serious-...
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📊 Taking place now: the Sparse Group (Fair Funding) meeting is discussing the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement and what it means for rural councils.
With insights from Adrian Jenkins, Pixel Financial Management
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🚨With less than a week to go, we encourage members to submit their responses to the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2026/27 consultation by 14 January.

➡️ consult.communities.gov.uk/local-govern...

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Our thanks to everyone who attended the RSN & RSP AGM today. It was an important opportunity to review our work over the year and agree future priorities. We are pleased to confirm Cllr Phillips has been re-elected as RSN Chair for a fourth year.

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Our final RSN #MemberExclusiveSeminar of 2025 is underway, focusing on Rural Health & Care.
We're hearing from Citizens Advice, The Churchill Fellowship, @harperadamsuni.bsky.social & the Lincoln Institute for Rural & Coastal Health.
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Will rural communities benefit from the Government’s new 10-year affordable homes programme?

📌 rsnonline.org.uk/a-decade-of-...

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Thank you to everyone who joined today's SPARSE Rural (Fair Funding) meeting, an engaging discussion on how remoteness impacts local service delivery and funding for rural councils.
▶️ rsnonline.org.uk/delivering-f...

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New IMD Acknowledges Challenges Of Measuring Rural Need - Rural Services Network The Government has published the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (IoD 2025) – the seventh update of England’s official measure of multiple deprivation – alongside, for the first time, a dedicated ...

📊The new English Indices of Deprivation 2025 include, for the first time, a Rural Supplementary Report, recognising that deprivation in rural areas can be harder to see and measure.

➡️Read more: rsnonline.org.uk/new-imd-ackn...
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🏡£45m boost for rural affordable housing in Cumbria!
Eden Housing will use new funding to build and improve homes across the Eden Valley and North Lakes, supporting tenants and tackling rural housing need.

🔗 rsnonline.org.uk/eden-housing...

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Rural Councils Must Not Lose Out In Funding Reform - Rural Services Network Following reports in The Times that proposed changes to council funding allocations have been watered down after lobbying from London boroughs, the Rural Services Network (RSN) is urging government to...

Rural councils shoulder greater delivery costs across dispersed communities, yet funding systems still fail to reflect this. #Fairfunding must recognise real need and ensure every community has equal access to quality local services.
rsnonline.org.uk/rural-counci...
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The RSN has joined over 40 organisations calling on the Government to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance in the forthcoming Budget. Frozen rates mean support no longer reflects real rents, leaving many rural tenants facing shortfalls & hardship.➡️ bit.ly/3J2Xclk
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£84 million injection to tackle homelessness £84m cash boost to help prevent homelessness and support families this winter and immediate help for children and families in temporary accommodation.

💬Everybody deserves a safe, affordable home, in every part of the country. The £84m homelessness funding is welcome, but rural areas must not be overlooked. Hidden homelessness in the countryside must be recognised and addressed.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

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📢We’ve launched our #DeliveringForAll survey at the #RuralConference25! Your views on housing, health, transport, connectivity & more will shape future policy.
📝 8–10 mins | Anonymous | Real impact
👉Take the survey: bit.ly/3VlVq1i
➡️ Read more: bit.ly/41WiWFK

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⏳ Deadline alert! The Fair Funding 2.0 consultation closes tomorrow at 11.59pm. The RSN will be submitting our response – make sure your rural voice is heard too.
📌Read more here: bit.ly/4oB0fAZ
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🌿 New powers are on the horizon — but will every community, big and small, benefit?
Read more➡️www.rsnonline.org.uk/will-metro-mayors-deliver-for-the-countryside
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