THE Plunkett Foundation has smashed its five-year target of helping rural communities by encouraging residents to set up social enterprises.

THE cost of living in the countryside has risen almost twice as fast as in urban areas over the past year.

BUILDERS are backing a government scheme designed to help first-time buyers onto the housing ladder, claims the government.

SMALL towns are at the centre of a rural revival, local councillors have been told. Chris Wade, chief executive of Action for Market Towns, addressed the Local Government Association’s Rural

PEOPLE in emote rural communities are often forced to pay more for goods and services, says the government’s competition watchdog.

RURAL residents have been praised in parliament for starting their own scheme to bring faster broadband to the countryside.

MEMBERS of the Rural Services Network can obtain a special discount when booking a place at the 2012 rural policy conference. Organised by the Countryside and Community Research Institute, the

POLICE in south-west England launched a cross-border operation to combat rural crime.

THE government has unveiled £17m to help people get local building projects off the ground.

THE Commission for Rural Communities is examining how Local Enterprise Partnerships are recognising rural interests.