Forum Brief: Broadband report
Policy Consultation 22 January 2004
Investment in next-generation broadband networks needs to be increased if Britain is to remain competitive with leading economies, the government has been warned.
Forum Brief: Rural review
Policy Consultation 14 January 2004
The government has released the first results from new research which shows in detail the changing nature of England's rural economy and society.
Forum Brief: Heritage report
Policy Consultation 27 November 2003
The second annual review of the state of the historic nation has been published.
Forum Brief: Broadband
Policy Consultation 13 November 2003
BT has this week submitted evidence to a Commons trade and industry select committee investigation into broadband.
Forum Brief: Haskins review
Policy Consultation 11 November 2003
Lord Haskins has set out plans for a radical overhaul of the way the government delivers rural services.
Forum Brief: Rural broadband
Policy Consultation 22 October 2003
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has rejected suggestions that it should take a more pro-active role in the delivery of broadband technology.
Forum Brief: Rural broadband
Policy Consultation 29 September 2003
The Country Land and Business Association has called on the government to "come clean coming about its plans to deliver broadband to schools and hospitals across the UK.
Forum Brief: House building
Policy Consultation 22 September 2003
The Campaign to Protect Rural England has dismissed claims that housebuilders are running out of land to use.
Forum Brief: Farm workers
Policy Consultation 19 September 2003
A committee of MPs has blamed supermarkets for encouraging the illegal use of cheap immigrant and criminal farm workers.
Forum Brief: Footpaths
Policy Consultation 8 September 2003
A third of Britain's footpaths are almost impassable, the Ramblers Association has warned.
Forum Brief: Housing Report
Policy Consultation 28 August 2003
Housing poverty is "the most extreme form of social inequality in Britain" according to a report published on Wednesday by the IPPR.
Forum Brief: Fly Tipping
Policy Consultation 22 August 2003
Thousands of farmers and landowners are set to run the risk of prosecution under new plans to make them legally responsible for rubbish that is dumped on their property.
Forum Brief: Broadband
Policy Consultation 7 August 2003
Broadband4Britain, a pressure group lobbying for the roll out of high speed broadband internet services across the UK, has warned that £1 billion of government spending for large broadband initiatives
Forum Brief: Farming exodus
Policy Consultation 4 August 2003
British farmers are opting for better paid jobs in towns and cities, according to a report out today by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Forum Brief: Tourism
Policy Consultation 28 July 2003
Britain's tourism industry has bounced back from the dual blows of September 11 and foot and mouth, with UK attractions enjoying an eight per cent increase in visitors in 2002
