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Rural communities 'marginalised'
Rural communities ‘marginalised’

Rural communities are being marginalised by the same government department set up to support them, MPs have found. In a report published this morning, the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee argued Defra must now concentrate on rural communities, given that its climate change brief has been shifted over to the new Department of Energy… Read more »

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Badgers saved from cull, but MPs still not happy
Relaxed attitude to bovine TB shocks MPs

The government’s optimism on bovine TB has frustrated a committee of MPs worried by the “serious nature of the disease”. The environment, food and rural affairs committee accuses it of appearing complacent over the nature of the threat following the publication of the government’s response to its assessment of the situation. “We are extremely disappointed… Read more »