Rural funding screwed:
http://www.rsnonline.org.uk/services/rural-dismay-at-governments-funding-announcement

Rural carers overwhelmed:
http://www.rsnonline.org.uk/analysis/are-rural-carers-overwhelmed-by-need

Mobile coverage ‘worse than Albania’
http://www.rsnonline.org.uk/services/rural-mobile-coverage-worse-than-albania

Add reduced bus services, potholed roads, no social or affordable housing, fewer shops and post offices – and the countryside is no place for quality of life these days.