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Rural Coalition letter published - Tories’ rural policies
08.08.2022

Rural Coalition letter published - Tories’ rural policies

A letter from the Rt Rev Alan Smith (Bishop of St Albans and President, Rural Coalition) has been published in the Telegraph on Monday 8th August The Rural Services Network is part of The Rural Coalition, an alliance of...

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Rural Related Politics - An RSN weekly review
08.08.2022

Rural Related Politics - An RSN weekly review

8 August 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 (1 August - 7 August) On Monday...

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Letter to Tory Candidates on rural issues
01.08.2022

Letter to Tory Candidates on rural issues

The Rural Services Network is part of The Rural Coalition, an alliance of 13 national rural organisations who subscribe to a vision for a living and working countryside. The Coalition have written to the two Conservative Candidates inviting them to...

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Tory leadership candidates must prioritise rural areas, campaigners say
18.07.2022

Tory leadership candidates must prioritise rural areas, campaigners say

Farming UK reports that campaigners have urged conservative leadership candidates to prioritise farming and rural communities amidst the cost-of-living crisis, as the leadership contest accelerates This includes passing measures to ease the impacts of the cost-of-living crisis, including a...

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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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