Forum Brief: Foot and mouth report
Policy Consultation 23 July 2002
Ministers should not have sought to combat foot and mouth without external assistance, according to the inquiry into the epidemic.
Forum Brief: Labour rural conference
Policy Consultation 19 July 2002
Labour's rural conference begins today, with a video message from Tony Blair and a keynote address from rural affairs secretary Margaret Beckett.
Forum Brief: E-democracy proposals
Policy Consultation 19 July 2002
The government has this week launched a consultation on proposals which could lead to the traditional ballot box being scrapped in elections.
Forum Brief: Foot and mouth report
Policy Consultation 17 July 2002
A nationwide vaccination programme should not be implemented to prevent another foot and mouth epidemic, a government-commissioned report has concluded.
Forum Brief: CSR - Agriculture sector response
Policy Consultation 16 July 2002
Extra investment of more than £500 million over three years in sustainable farming has been announced by chancellor Gordon Brown.
Hunt demo to be Europe's 'biggest'
Press Review 16 July 2002
Forum Brief: CAP reform
Policy Consultation 10 July 2002
The European Commission has today set out plans for radical reform of the Common Agricultural Policy.
Forum Brief: FMD culling policy
Policy Consultation 19 June 2002
The government's cull policy used to combat last year's foot and mouth outbreak was "barbaric conduct" and "a disgrace" to humanity, an EU inquiry heard yesterday.
Forum Brief: Farm Subsidies
Policy Consultation 14 June 2002
Britain's largest cereal farmers are facing cuts in their European Union agricultural subsidies totalling £62 million, according to today's Telegraph.
Forum Brief: Rural Homelessness
Policy Consultation 12 June 2002
Rural communities will break down without more affordable housing in the countryside, according to the Countryside Agency.
Forum Brief: Countryside march
Policy Consultation 7 June 2002
The Countryside Alliance has said that over 10,000 people could take part in its "liberty and livelihood" march on London in September.
Forum Brief: Rural recovery plan
Policy Consultation 7 June 2002
Tony Blair is backing plans which aim to offer new opportunities to young people living in remote areas, today's Times reports.
Forum Brief: Broadband access
Policy Consultation 5 June 2002
The Communication Workers' Union has announced that it is hosting a meeting of over 100 MPs to discuss the take-up of broadband technology in the UK.
Forum Brief: Rural report
Policy Consultation 28 May 2002
Rural Britain could become the "preserve of the wealthy" unless action is taken, the Countryside Agency predicts today.
Pro-hunt group pledges 'direct action'
Press Review 28 May 2002
