Category: Political (25)

Fixing the broken petitions system in...

Rachel Evans, Director of the Countryside Alliance in Wales, sets out the case for reform of the petitions committee in...

Conservative leadership candidates must...

Nothing can be taken for granted in politics these days. The results of the EU elections last month are just one...

CPS must take the lead in animal welfare...

The Government has announced a new Bill to enable increased prison sentences for the worst cases of animal cruelty,...

Countryside Alliance calls on Government to...

The Countryside Alliance has today (25 June) written to Home Office Minister, Nick Hurd, seeking assurance that the...

Rural voters want change from next Prime...

A major survey of rural voters on the Conservative Party leadership contest has revealed deep frustration in rural...

Countryside Alliance surveys rural Britain...

Countryside Alliance challenges Labour's...

A report commissioned by the Labour Party and edited by well-known environmentalist, George Monbiot, has recommended...

Natural England shift blame for General...

Natural England has insisted it was "left with no option" but to revoke three General Licences last month following a...

Countryside Alliance calls for greater rural...

The Countryside Alliance attended a meeting with Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rt Hon Liz Truss MP, on Wednesday 15...

Government looking to 'maintain access' to...

The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid MP, has confirmed that the Government is looking to "maintain access" to the European...

Michael Gove considers relaxing wood pigeon...

Defra Secretary of State, Michael Gove, is considering making the woodpigeon a quarry species, with open and close...

Countryside Alliance supports calls for...

A committee of MPs has warned of "significant regression" on environmental standards under the Government's proposals...