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RSN and Rural Coalition meet DEFRA Minister

Last week our Chief Executive Kerry Booth was part of a group of key national rural organisations that meet with the DEFRA Minister Robbie Moore MP. Holding the post of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Water and Rural Growth, Robbie attended a quarterly meeting of the Rural Coalition to talk about his plans for rural communities and to listen to the concerns of key rural bodies around the table

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Rural Affordable Housing – Understanding Rural Needs

In July 2023, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made an announcement about the  Conservative party approach to housebuilding with the statement, “Today I can confirm that we will meet our manifesto commitment to build 1 million homes over this Parliament. That’s a beautiful new home for a million individual families in every corner of our country…We won’t do that by concreting over the countryside – our plan is to build the right homes where there is the most need… in the heart of Britain’s great cities.”

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