Forum Brief: Broadband
Policy Consultation 28 April 2004
Comment from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Country Land and Business Association, the Countryside Agency and the Countryside Alliance
Forum Brief: Fox hunting
Policy Consultation 21 April 2004
Comment from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Countryside Alliance, the Country Land and Business Association and the International Fund for Animal Welfare
Forum Brief: Hunting Bill
Policy Consultation 19 April 2004
Comment from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and the Countryside Alliance.
Forum Brief: Rural services
Policy Consultation 29 March 2004
Comment from the Countryside Agency and the Countryside Alliance.
Forum Brief: Fox hunting
Policy Consultation 29 March 2004
Comment from the International Fund for Animal Welfare, the Countryside Alliance, the National Farmers Union and Animal Defenders (Campaigns) Ltd.
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: Hunting Bill
Policy Consultation 25 November 2003
The government's plans to ban hunting breach European human rights law by failing to offer adequate compensation, a parliamentary joint committee concluded on Monday.
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 policies
Policy Consultation 5 November 2003
Environment secretary Margaret Beckett has heralded an end of the "one size fits all" policy for rural England.
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 housing
Policy Consultation 15 October 2003
Sir Ewen Cameron, chairman of the Countryside Agency, has argued that tackling the shortage of affordable housing in the countryside is crucial in order to create sustainable rural communities.
Forum Brief: GM crops
Policy Consultation 14 October 2003
Genetically modified crops may not remain self-contained, according to a government study published on Monday.
Forum Brief: Long-hours culture
Policy Consultation 10 October 2003
One in four employees now routinely works more than 48 hours a week.
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: Rural conference
Policy Consultation 17 September 2003
The Local Government Association has on Wednesday held its annual rural conference, addressing issues relating to "delivering for rural communities".
