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Rural Britain must be included in plans for country's economic renewal, says Labour MP

The chair of the Labour Rural Research Group said rural Britain was ‘economically constrained' when it comes to housing, connectivity, transport and infrastructure

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
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Rural Britain must be included in plans for country's economic renewal, says Labour MP

Economic renewal in the country must be delivered hand-in-hand with rural Britain, according to the chair of the Labour Rural Research Group ( LRRG). Read now: 9 in 10 rural businesses halt investment...

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