Rural Life
Alliance hit back as local authority plans to ban meat ahead of Christmas 2020
The Countryside Alliance has branded an English council’s decision to wipe meat from the menu of its catering services, in time...
Countryside Alliance
Agri-Business
Chancellor’s 'Eat Out to Help Out' scheme offers hope of red meat sales boost
Farming and rural bodies say they are hopeful unprecedented measures announced this week by Chancellor Rishi Sunak to kickstart the...
Rural Life
Rural organisations call for lockdown travel guidelines to be reviewed
Rural bodies are asking the Justice Secretary to urgently review the police’s interpretation of the coronavirus lockdown enforcement measures. It...
Agri Politics
'Make your voice heard': National survey launched on rural policing and crime
Rural campaigning organisation – the Countryside Alliance – has launched a national survey ahead of the Police and Crime Commissioner...
Sheep
Rustling advice issued after 200 sheep stolen in Wiltshire over just 3 months
Farmers in the south-west have been advised to protect their flocks after almost 200 sheep were reported stolen in Wiltshire...
Agri-Business
Calls for Government to enforce ‘proper' British labelling
Calls have been made for changes to British labelling in light of a BBC documentary highlighting the lower environmental and...
Rural Life
Countryside Alliance reveals new chairman
The Rt. Hon. Nick Herbert MP has joined the Countryside Alliance as its new chairman. Herbert, who has a CBE...
Rural Life
Countryside Alliance chairman stands down amid Cabinet Office appointment
Simon Hart has announced he will step down as chairman of the Countryside Alliance having been appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to...
Agri-Business
New bill to deliver tougher stance on animal welfare offences
A new bill introduced to Parliament this week could mean that animal abusers in England and Wales could face up...
Environment
Wild bird general shooting licences to be revoked in England
Natural England has come under fire after giving just 36 hours notice of its decision to revoke three general licences...
Rural Life
Facebook removes 'online harassment' of game farmers
Facebook has decided to remove a post on its website that revealed personal information, including locations, about game farmers and...
Agri-Business
Countryside Alliance joins up with the Great British Spring Clean
Following the success of last year’s Big Rural Spring Clean, the Countryside Alliance has been named a community partner of...
Agri-Business
Meet the regional finalists in the 2019 Countryside Alliance Awards
The finalists in the 2019 Countryside Alliance Awards have been announced, with businesses from across the country going head-to-head for...
Rural Life
Countryside Alliance urges people to support Boxing Day meets
The Countryside Alliance is urging people to send letters to their local council leaders to express their support for Boxing...
Agri Politics
MPs unite to support upland farming with Agriculture Bill ammendment
The Countryside Alliance has worked with a cross-party group of MPs to help table an amendment to the Agriculture Bill...
Rural Life
Countryside Alliance aims to tackle hare poaching
More needs to be done to tackle the growing issue of hare poaching – or coursing – according to the...
Rural Life
Rural communities failed by Whitehall – CA tells parliamentary inquiry
The Countryside Alliance has told a House of Lords inquiry that rural voices are not being listened to early enough...
Agri-Business
Board to end pheasant shoots on Welsh Government land
The board of Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has voted to end the leasing of pheasant shooting on the Welsh Government...
