Country Land and Business Association (CLA)
20 Oct 2026
Rural Voice Must Be Built Into Devolution, Report Warns
Devolution could bring significant benefits to rural England, but fair funding and stronger rural representation must be part of its foundations, a new report warns. Published by the All-Party Parliamentary...
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14 Oct 2026
Devolution and its impact on rural areas
Devolution has the potential to bring decisions closer to the people and places they affect. But unless rural needs are built into the system from the outset, communities across the...
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21 Apr 2026
New Online Hub Launched to Support Rural Flood Resilience
New Online Hub Launched to Support Rural Flood Resilience
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01 Jul 2024
Addressing the Rural Policing Deficit: Insights from the CLA Report
The Rural Services Network highlights critical findings from the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) regarding the state of rural policing in England and Wales. Based on Freedom of Information...
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02 May 2023
Detailed report exploring the cost-of-living crisis in rural areas released
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse has released a detailed report exploring the cost-of-living crisis in rural areas and investigating the extent of...
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16 May 2022
Government must act on the interests of rural economy, CLA says
Farming UK reports that the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has issued that the Government must set out clear steps on how it will level up the rural economy...
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03 May 2022
Parliamentary group launches major report into rural economy
The All Party Parliamentary Group on The Rural Powerhouse publishes £43bn blueprint for economic growth in the countryside The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on the Rural Powerhouse has published a new report...
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03 May 2022
Rural voters could punish Tories over lack of levelling up policies
The Yorkshire Post reports that polling commissioned by the Country Land and Business Association in the UK’s five most rural counties found that 46 per cent of respondents had voted...
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01 Nov 2021
Tax relief on kit for farmers
Farmers Weekly reports that rural businesses have been offered an extension to the annual investment allowance at £1 million until March 2023 Last Wednesday, the Chancellor announced that the allowance...
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01 Feb 2021
50,000 rural landlords to sell up due to climate change rules
The Telegraph reports on warnings from the Country Land and Business Association that Government climate change policies could trigger a ‘mass sale’ of rural rental properties, intensifying the countryside’s housing...
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