“A new relationship with the countryside” – Starmer’s NFU speech
Below is the full text of Labour leader Keir Starmer’s speech to the National Union of Farmers this…
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Help Labour ensure the countryside regains its voice in Westminster
Labour’s recent campaign in Batley and Spen showed us exactly what happens when we stay focused on our…
“Urban snobbery”: The Countryside Alliance on Labour’s “rural problem”
The Countryside Alliance has published a report on Labour’s “rural problem”. The document tracks how the party has…
Let’s fire up Labour’s local elections campaign by twinning London members with activists in the countryside
To govern the nation well means being in touch with the realities of the whole of the nation.…
The case for a Rural Living Wage
As a minister at the old Department for Children, Schools and Families, I was very proud when Ed…
Tories no longer understand the countryside, says Alan Titchmarsh
According to the Telegraph, Britain’s favourite green-fingered chat show host said: “Time was when the Tory party was…
Introducing “Labour: Coast and Country”
One Nation – Our nation, the nation this Labour generation seeks to represent and to serve, is a…
Are the shires turning red?
There is no Aldi or Primark in Witney. The stone clad town has 4x4s dotted around the side…
A grand for your green
This Tory-led Government’s planning changes are dangerous and out of touch. But their response has been panic and…
Hunting ban is “confusing” says Tory MP
….he’s also a former chief executive of the Countryside Alliance. He also says he expects there to be…
