Rural Development

The Government has pledged more than £100m to help level up rural communities and businesses, it has been announced.

Rural communities are once again being targeted as cuts in everything from nursery places to bus services ramp up.

A plan to build a further 200-plus homes on Somerset farmland could get the go-ahead after the Government dismissed local council concerns.

More than 12 million people in rural communities risk being sidelined by the Government’s Levelling Up policy, a new study has found.

Rutland and Melton MP Alicia Kearns has called on Ministers to establish a rural deprivation unit in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Rutland and Melton MP Alicia Kearns has called on Ministers to establish a rural deprivation unit in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Britains rural economy could grow by £43 billion if effective steps are taken to address its current problems.

Rural communities in England are set to benefit from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), following industry pressure.

Demands to protect consumers and to impose a windfall tax to prevent companies cashing in on the growing fuel crisis have this week been issued by rural groups.

Rural communities in Wales are facing a double hit of potential cuts to development funding, Plaid Cymru has warned.