Politics

Rural action group Right to Roam is celebrating a year of mass trespass by launching a fundraising drive to enable the group to further its activities.

The Labour Party may have emerged as the overall victor in last weeks Local Elections, but both the LibDems and the Greens have cause to celebrate after making significant gains across a number of rural counties.

The long-awaited Food Summit to discuss the UKs farming and food sectors is to take place in Downing Street next week, the Government has confirmed.

The Scottish Governments land reform plans run the risk of failing rural Scotland for generations if the private business sectors economic and environmental contribution is not embraced.

Farmland, livestock and the people that manage these environments must be protected, not threatened. That is the message from the National Sheep Association (NSA) after further debates last week whether to bring back lynx.

The National Farmers Union said the Government must make this an annual event.

A lack of options in the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme threatens to wipe out upland farming in the UK, with generations of family farms now in peril as the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) winds down.

Governments neglect of the rural economy has forced a cost-of-living rural premium on the countryside, according to a new report from MPs and peers.

Rural council seats are being targeted by the Liberal Democrats in the upcoming local elections with traditional Conservative voters feeling they have been taken for granted by the party.

Scottish Government needs to make a clear statement rejecting the reintroduction of the lynx to the countryside, after proposals were put back on the agenda.