Austerity left rural communities feeling abandoned – Labour can change that
Roughly 19 million people live in England’s rural communities, some 17% of the population. Over the last year,…
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Labour emphasises impact of rapidly rising energy bills on rural households
The Labour Party has warned that households in rural areas will be worst affected by rapidly rising energy…
Labour launches policy review as data shows £255m cut to rural communities
Labour has launched its rural England policy review and outlined its plan to become “the party of the…
Starmer promises to bring Labour closer to rural and farming communities
Keir Starmer will promise to bring his party closer to rural and farming communities, with the key message…
“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…
Every job matters. Labour must stand with Britain’s rural workforce
In these extraordinary times, the opportunity to imagine other times and places, to daydream, or to simply enjoy…
320,000 rural jobs at risk under “one-size-fits-all approach”, Labour analysis finds
Analysis by the Labour Party has found that 320,000 jobs in rural communities are at risk if the…
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.…
Owen Paterson moves the goalposts again (but this time, without the badgers)
Owen Paterson has been caught moving the goalposts once again, only this time it’s on rural broadband and…
A fair deal for the countryside? How the Tories set out to “impoverish the rural working class”
Today the government will scrap the Agricultural Wages Board for England & Wales without a vote and without…
