AgriLand reports on claims from the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) that rural England has been left behind in the Government’s “poor response” to Storm Arwen

The CLA, which represents 28,000 rural business in England and Wales, has said the Government appears to be uninterested in helping rural communities devastated by the severe weather.

“The impact on rural communities in the north of England is every bit as severe as the south east suffered in 1987 – but with only a fraction of the Government support and public interest,” said CLA president Mark Tufnell.

“People in these communities are legitimately asking where is the Government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda?”

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AgriLand - Rural England left behind in Storm Arwen response – CLA