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Rural economy and community

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England

What the government’s doing about the rural economy and community.

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• Rural tourism statistics

  • Display type: Official Statistics
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 21 July 2016

• Guide to applying the 2011 Rural Urban Classification to data

  • Display type: Official Statistics
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 21 July 2016

• Cross compliance 2016

  • Display type: Detailed guide
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 4 others
  • Updated: 30 December 2015

• Delivering for rural communities

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 17 December 2015

• Rural Proofing: Government Response to Lord Cameron’s Review

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 17 December 2015

• 5 years of grant giving in Cumbria

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
  • Updated: 16 October 2015

• New plan will boost starter homes in rural areas

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government and 2 others
  • Updated: 20 August 2015

• Towards a one nation economy: A 10-point plan for boosting rural productivity

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
  • Updated: 20 August 2015

• Future of rural communities: discussion paper

  • Display type: Research and analysis
  • From: Cabinet Office and 1 others
  • Updated: 7 August 2015

• £24 million Growth Programme for rural businesses and communities

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 27 July 2015

• Prime Minister: One nation government backs British farmers

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 2 others
  • Updated: 23 July 2015

• Power company works with regulator to devise environmental tool

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Innovate UK
  • Updated: 2 July 2015

• Environment Secretary speech on the future of food and farming

  • Display type: Speech
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 29 June 2015

• Environment Secretary unveils vision for open data to transform food and farming

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 29 June 2015

• 2011 Rural Urban Classification leaflet

  • Display type: Official Statistics
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 13 May 2015

• 2010 to 2015 government policy: rural economy and community

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
  • Updated: 8 May 2015

  First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• Budget dedicated to business support for 2013 to 2014

  • Display type: FOI release
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 27 March 2015

• Rural fuel price cut gets green light

  • Display type: News story
  • From: HM Treasury
  • Updated: 5 March 2015

  First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• Rural proofing: independent implementation review (Lord Cameron review)

  • Display type: Independent report
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 30 January 2015

• European Commission approves new rural fuel tax cut

  • Display type: News story
  • From: HM Treasury
  • Updated: 15 January 2015

  First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• Vince Cable visits small businesses on the Somerset Levels

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Updated: 15 January 2015

  First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• Costs of service delivery in rural areas

  • Display type: Independent report
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government and 1 others
  • Updated: 18 December 2014

• RDPE Skills and training: guide for applicants

  • Display type: Guidance
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
  • Updated: 20 November 2014

• Applications under the Rural Community Broadband Fund (RCBF)

  • Display type: FOI release
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 13 November 2014

• Grant funding awarded to Hillier for construction of a reservoir

  • Display type: FOI release
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 5 November 2014

• Subsidies for solar farms to be cut to help safeguard farmland

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 19 October 2014

  First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• Farming minister discusses wildlife-friendly farming at RSPB farm

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 16 October 2014

  First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• LEADER Local development strategy: workshop material

  • Display type: Promotional material
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
  • Updated: 31 July 2014

• PM announces multi-million pound boost for British food industry

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
  • Updated: 21 July 2014

  First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• £500,000 investment energises renewable energy community groups

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
  • Updated: 14 July 2014

  First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• Dan Rogerson's speech at the Royal Bath and West show

  • Display type: Speech
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 28 May 2014

  First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• Update on funding for flood-affected businesses

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Updated: 14 March 2014

  First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• £10 million Farming Flood Recovery Fund to open on Friday

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 25 February 2014

  First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• Understanding localised policy interventions: start-up loans in England’s south-west

  • Display type: Research and analysis
  • From: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Updated: 30 January 2014

• Upland outcomes national framework

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 21 January 2014

  First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• A rural business with global appeal

  • Display type: Case study
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 18 December 2013

• Country Sports South West (CSSW) project

  • Display type: FOI release
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 4 November 2013

• New measures to increase rural home-building

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Updated: 1 October 2013

  First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• Rural growth: The success of North York Moors based 'Ginger Pig'

  • Display type: Case study
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
  • Updated: 25 September 2013

• Peak District National Park: an example of a flourishing business

  • Display type: Case study
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
  • Updated: 1 August 2013