Scottish Parliament: Rural Roundup
This week in the Scottish Parliament, there were lots of issues affecting people who live and work across rural Scotland
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Policy
A Connected Scotland (Isolation) – Consultation Response
SRA has submitted a response to the Scottish Government’s consultation ‘A Connected Scotland – tackling social isolation and loneliness and
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Action Plan 2017-19
Progress report and next steps We published our second Action Plan in 2017, following the Scottish Rural Parliament at the
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BETRAYED AGAIN BY RBS
Rural communities are now going to get a reduced #RBS mobile banking service. The Royal Bank of Scotland is cutting
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Transport costs stop rural young people accessing education and employment
A report by Scottish Rural Action found that transport costs in rural Scotland stopped 48% of young people from accessing
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Connected Scotland (Isolation) Consultation
Briefing paper on the Scottish Government’s consultation A Connected Scotland. Tackling social isolation and loneliness and building stronger social connections What
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New Scottish Rail Investment Strategy
The Scottish Government released the new Scottish Rail Investment Strategy today: https://news.gov.scot/news/scotlands-rail-investment-strategy-for-next-decade-published Humza Yousaf, Minister for Transport and the Islands said:
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Islands (Scotland) Bill: our briefing paper
Our briefing paper gives an outline of the Islands (Scotland) Bill, currently passing through the Scottish Parliament. The paper is designed
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Our Briefing Paper
The Scottish Government has produced a report looking at the rural economy. We have had a read through and pulled
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CAMPAIGN PROGRESS – RBS to review 10 branch closures
***CAMPAIGN PROGRESS*** RBS have agreed to review the closure of ten bank branches in Scotland: Biggar, Beauly, Castlebay on Barra,
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