Rural and coastal jobs on Commons agenda
MPs met for a Westminster Hall debate on Thursday 1 December on employment in rural and coastal communities, in a...
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Why anti-hunt petitions should be treated...
Every now and then, the press office is approached by a local reporter asking for a comment on a petition that is...
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Science and evidence ignored by MP in...
Westminster Hall debates provide an opportunity for MPs to raise local and national issues, often as part of a wider...
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Rural workers protest against government...
Rural workers in Scotland, including farmers, crofters, and gamekeepers, staged a peaceful protest on Monday, January...
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The shameful legacy of Tony Blair’s Hunting...
This article by Kate Hoey, former Alliance Chairman, was originally published in The Spectator. Most laws enacted...
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Labour must end its strange obsession with...
This piece by Lord Herbert, Chairman of the Countryside Alliance, was originally published in The Telegraph.
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Alliance urges councils to drop veganuary...
The Countryside Alliance has called for two councils to retract their support for vegan diets, and instead support...
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At a crossroads: The Conservatives’...
The Conservatives’ by-election disaster heralds changing winds, says David Bean in this article from My Countryside,...
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Tim Bonner: Does Labour want a battle over...
Politics, like Ernest Hemmingway’s bankruptcy, happens gradually then suddenly. The cycle of electoral rise and fall...
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Chris Packham removed as patron of bird...
Chris Packham has been removed as patron of bird charity for becoming “too political” and doing no work for the...
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MPs debate housing in tourist hotspots
Amid a bumper week in Parliament for rural Britain, MPs gathered on Tuesday for a Westminster Hall debate on housing in...
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Tim Bonner: Last chance for the...
The last few years have seen a regular turnover of leadership at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural...
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