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Rural Related Politics - An RSN weekly review
16.05.2022

Rural Related Politics - An RSN weekly review

16 May 2022 Below is an RSN review of last week's rural related politics as well as a look forward to the week ahead: Last week in politics (9 May - 15 May) On Monday...

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Rural voters could punish Tories over lack of levelling up policies
03.05.2022

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 Conservative at the last General Election, however voter intention is...

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Levelling up white paper could face further delay as Boris Johnson battles leadership crisis
24.01.2022

Levelling up white paper could face further delay as Boris Johnson battles leadership crisis

The i news reports that plans to unveil Boris Johnson’s long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper faces being hit by further delays as the Prime Minister battles to maintain his grip on power The Government hoped to publish the blueprint...

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Tories lose North Shropshire seat they held for nearly 200 years
20.12.2021

Tories lose North Shropshire seat they held for nearly 200 years

The BBC report how the Conservatives have lost the North Shropshire seat they held for nearly 200 years to the Liberal Democrats in a by-election blow to Boris Johnson Winner Helen Morgan overturned a Tory majority of...

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Labour Promises Rural Ministers for Every Government Department
04.10.2021

Labour Promises Rural Ministers for Every Government Department

Farmers Weekly reports that the Labour Party will create a minister for rural affairs in every Government department in attempt to pinch Conservative voters in the countryside The pledge was made by shadow DEFRA secretary Luke Pollard MP at...

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Labour warned it ‘cannot afford’ to ignore rural voters
14.09.2020

Labour warned it ‘cannot afford’ to ignore rural voters

Labour List and Devon Live report on the Countryside Alliance’s allegations that the Labour Party’s has a so-called ‘rural problem’ The Alliance has published a report tracking how the party has experienced successively worse election results among countryside voters,...

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Labour should target remainers to win rural vote
30.09.2019

Labour should target remainers to win rural vote

A polling expert has advised the Labour Party to target EU remainers to win back support in rural areas Joe Twyman, of polling firm Deltapoll, was speaking at a National Farmers Union fringe meeting at the Labour Party conference...

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Boris Johnson’s stance on rural issues
30.07.2019

Boris Johnson’s stance on rural issues

Farming UK has outlined Boris Johnson’s stance on rural issues following his appointment as prime minister In an interview with the Countryside Alliance, he pledged to make more funds available to address imbalances that affect rural communities and added...

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Tories no longer the party of rural life, says Corbyn
30.07.2019

Tories no longer the party of rural life, says Corbyn

The Telegraph covers comments made by the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, in which he claimed that the Conservatives are no longer the party of rural communities Corbyn, speaking last week at the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival before it was announced...

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Theresa Villiers appointed Environment Secretary
30.07.2019

Theresa Villiers appointed Environment Secretary

The Guardian reports on the appointment of Boris Johnson’s new Environment Secretary, Theresa Villiers The paper argues that Villiers has a ‘weak’ track record on the environment and is ‘strong’ on free trade. Previous Environment Secretary Michael Gove was...

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