Labour Rural Research Group

A new study says rural communities are central to food security, clean energy, housing, nature recovery and long-term growth

Suffolk Central MP Jenny Riddell-Carpenter said UK food prices could go if the Government does not act to support farmers with skyrocketing fertiliser costs

To kickstart its Spring Push campaign on farming profitability, the Labour Rural Research Group wants the Gov to introduce honest labelling on country of origin food, to tackle unfair supermarket practices, and to protect farmers in trade deals from cheap imports

Labour Rural Research Group member Maya Ellis writes on the group's Spring Push campaign on farming profitability, which calls for honest labelling on British produced food and stronger protections for farmers in trade deals

Rural communities have been overlooked by successive Governments, the report says, with assumptions that they are areas assumed to be 'prosperous, politically peripheral, or resistant to change'

The Labour Rural Research Group is seeking views and evidence from farming communities on increases to heating oil and LPG bills as conflict in the Middle East continues

Ribble Valley MP Maya Ellis writes on the work of the Labour Rural Research Group, an upcoming report on rural poverty and why rural communities have felt overlooked over the past 15 years

Ribble Valley MP Maya Ellis said she is determined to give a greater voice to farmers after being promoted to the Labour Rural Research group's executive leadership team

What factors are driving rural poverty in the countryside? And how can the Government turn the tide to help farming communities thrive?

Shrewsbury MP Julia Buckley, a founding member of the Labour Rural Research Group, writes on how farming and rural communities can help shape a new report on rural poverty