Countryside Charity (CPRE)
14 Dec 2020
Tory councillors join call for Government planning rethink
Housing Today has reported that countryside campaigners have joined with more than 2,000 local councillors to sign a letter to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick MP (Con) opposing the Government’s planning...
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02 Nov 2020
Rural homelessness in England rises by 115% in past two years
The Rural Services Network, along with CPRE and English Rural Housing commissioned research into the Economic and Fiscal case for investing in rural affordable housing to drive post-pandemic recovery This...
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28 Oct 2020
Rural homelessness doubles since 2018 according to rural campaigners
‘Investing in affordable rural housing will level up and turbo charge the rural economy’ according to new research from CPRE, the countryside charity, English Rural and the Rural Services Network...
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28 Sep 2020
Call for Government to level-up rural areas to support England’s economic recovery from COVID-19
Call for Government to level-up rural areas to support England’s economic recovery from COVID-19 Rural Coalition urges Government to unlock untapped potential of rural communities and economies and to address...
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06 Jul 2020
Homes for Heroes: huge lack of affordable homes for rural key workers
New analysis finds over nine in ten rural areas are unaffordable for care workers in the private rented sector as rural housing week 2020 begins CPRE, the countryside charity, and...
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22 Jun 2020
CPRE Events on the Climate Emergency and Pandemic
The CPRE have announced two events which will focus on their manifesto post coronavirus as well as possible countryside solutions to the climate change emergency. Details of these events are...
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21 May 2020
An update from CPRE, the countryside charity’s Rural Economy and Communities team:
At CPRE’s Rural Economy and Communities team we want to see thriving and sustainable rural communities across the country. That means towns and villages properly connected by public transport, with...
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17 Feb 2020
Transport Deserts – why reconnecting rural England matters
The CPRE, the countryside charity have launched a new report Transport deserts, highlighting the lack of public transport across rural towns in the North East and South West of England...
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06 Jan 2020
CPRE Report: Reviving county farms
The CPRE have published a report titled ‘Reviving county farms‘. This report, prepared for CPRE by the New Economics Foundation, Shared Assets and Who Owns England?, shows that the opportunities...
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03 Jun 2019
Potential £1 billion boost for local charities with new recycling scheme
Local charities could receive £1 billion from the proceeds of a can and bottle deposit return scheme, according to research by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) One in...
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