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<p>In December 2018 the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published
their annual digest of statistics on a range of social and economic subject areas.
This survey also shows that levels of belonging are, in fact, 10% higher in rural
areas.</p><p> </p><p>However, we acknowledge that for some, a lack of public transport
can prevent people from having the social connections that they want, particularly
in rural areas. The Department for Transport is one of five government departments
to have loneliness added to the ministerial portfolio, and sits on the cross-government
group which takes responsibility for driving action on social exclusion.</p><p> </p><p>
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