Forum Brief: Rural broadband
Policy Consultation 11 September 2003
More than half a million prospective rural broadband subscribers could be losing out because of the lack of available coverage, according to the Countryside Agency.
Forum Brief: Rural housebuilding
Policy Consultation 10 September 2003
Building houses on the countryside is the best way to defend rural land, an expert from English Nature has said.
Forum Brief: Rural transport
Policy Consultation 3 September 2003
Transport in rural Britain is not working and letting people down, according to a report published jointly by Transport 2000, the Countryside Agency and Citizens Advice.
Tory fishing scheme draws a blank
Press Review 2 September 2003
Forum Brief: Sustainable Food Review
Policy Consultation 28 August 2003
A review coordinated by Defra is to look at the way the public sector obtains its food and catering services.
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: Rural roads
Policy Consultation 20 August 2003
Rising traffic levels and heavy lorries are damaging country lanes and roads, a rural lobby group said yesterday.
Forum Brief: Farm incomes
Policy Consultation 11 August 2003
The Liberal Democrats have claimed that farmers are not receiving the full benefits of price increases for their products.
Forum Brief: Rural Post Offices
Policy Consultation 6 August 2003
Struggling rural post offices should get a cash subsidy, the Conservatives have said.
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: Postal votes
Policy Consultation 1 August 2003
The Electoral Commission has recommended that future local council elections should be run as all postal ballots.
Simon Hart - director of campaign for hunting and chief executive designate of the Countryside Alliance
Stakeholder Interview 29 July 2003
Question: The Hunting Bill has just been backed by a large majority of MPs. Isn't now the time to accept the will of our democratically elected representatives?
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
Forum Brief: Rural services
Policy Consultation 15 July 2003
Reports have indicated that the Haskins review of agricultural policy will recommend an overhaul of the Countryside Agency and the break up of the Department for the Environment, Food and
Forum Brief: Animal disposal regulations
Policy Consultation 2 July 2003
New animal by-products regulations came into force yesterday prohibiting the burial of fallen stock on a farm.
