Press Releases

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Our latest press releases and news about our campaigns are listed below. Please contact us if you would like to receive our news releases by email.

Rural councils call for action to sustain fragile rural communities (3 March 2008)
New report follows our biggest ever consultation exercise of rural interest groups.

Axe hangs over rural bus routes (28 November 2007)
Rural bus services are under threat because EU rules treat bus drivers as if they were long distance truckers.

Government must act to end rural tax inequality (21 March 2007)
The government must end the unfairness of high rural council taxes.

Rural communities hit hardest by Post Office closures (9 March 2007)
The closure of rural post offices will have a crippling social and economic impact on rural communities.

Rural residents pay higher council tax for fewer services (29 August 2006)
People living in the countryside pay more council tax than people in cities but receive fewer services.