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Analysis & Commentary

Revitalising a changing coastline
18.03.2012

Revitalising a changing coastline

WHAT is being done to address the complex social, economic and environmental issues faced by our coastal communities? WHAT is being done to address the complex social, economic and environmental issues faced by our coastal communities? Jessica Sellick...

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Welfare reform for rural housing?
11.03.2012

Welfare reform for rural housing?

ARE there any issues coming out of welfare reform for those in rural housing? Stuart Davies finds out. ARE there any issues coming out of welfare reform for those in rural housing? Stuart Davies finds out. ...

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Productivity of rural economies
19.02.2012

Productivity of rural economies

A RECENT report might help us better understand rural productivity, says Brian Wilson. Earlier this month, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) released a 2012 edition of its Statistical Digest for Rural England , packed...

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A superfast rural future?
19.02.2012

A superfast rural future?

ARE rural areas really about to undergo an online revolution? Jessica Sellick investigates. The government wants every community to have access to super-fast broadband by 2015, with a 25Mb connection and able to download a minimum standard of...

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Time for a change?
23.01.2012

Time for a change?

SHOULD the government heed MPs' advice and make significant changes to its draft planning policy? DUNCAN Hartley asks whether the government should heed MPs' advice and make significant changes to its draft planning policy. As 2011...

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Uphill or downhill - where next for the uplands?
22.01.2012

Uphill or downhill - where next for the uplands?

People tend to think of the uplands as wild areas, but the truth is very different. Jessica Sellick investigates. People tend to think of the uplands as wild areas, but the truth is very different. Influenced by humans...

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What benefit from the Right to Buy?
12.12.2011

What benefit from the Right to Buy?

The revitalised Right to Buy - what does it mean for rural communities? Stuart Davies investigates. The revitalised Right to Buy - what does it mean for rural communities? Stuart Davies investigates. So the Chancellor's autumn...

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We need affordable rural homes
03.07.2011

We need affordable rural homes

RURAL areas mustn't lose out on the provision of new affordable homes, argues independent housing consultant Stuart Davies. RURAL areas mustn't lose out on the provision of new affordable homes, argues independent housing consultant Stuart Davies. The latest...

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The Big Society - a Big Con?
15.03.2011

The Big Society - a Big Con?

Is the Big Society failing to deliver? Yes, says Gordon Morris. In July 2010, I put fingers to keyboard to explain why I had doubts about the "Big Society" . I am still confused. I am also...

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Rights of way 'must remain open'
03.10.2010

Rights of way 'must remain open'

AXING rights of way services would devastate the rural economy, argues Marilyn Meeks. A multi-billion pound rural economy, could be in peril if public sector cuts ignore the lessons of the foot and mouth crisis and axe rights...

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