Fox hunting and Labour’s animal rights agenda misrepresents the key rural issues at this general election – Sarah Lee
This article profiles a range of activities promoted by the Countryside Alliance which are relevant to whichever political party finally achieves power. I am very pleased by the amount of debate rural issues have achieved in this election – this is just one very positive example. The article tells us:
The day the election was called, the Countryside Alliance went to No 10 Downing Street to present our manifesto asks. In No 10 we called for the next manifesto to include commitments to fight rural crime, that all wildlife management laws are based on sound science and evidence, enforce mandatory food labelling to promote British farmers, to rural-proof government departments and roll-out superfast broadband in rural communities.
Collectively each manifesto has taken what the Countryside Alliance has been calling for on board. The Conservative manifesto commits to roll-our gigabit broadband by 2025 and tackle rural crime. The Labour manifesto makes the commitment to rural-proof government departments and the Liberal Democrats make a commitment to improve access to rural health services.