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EXCLUSIVE - Julia Buckley: 'How to measure – and tackle – poverty, in the countryside?'

Shrewsbury MP Julia Buckley, a founding member of the Labour Rural Research Group, writes on how farming and rural communities can help shape a new report on rural poverty

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Julia Buckley, MP for Shrewsbury, said: "We need your insights to ensure policymaking reflects rural realities. What factors do you think affect the cost-of-living for rural communities that are currently masked in Government analysis?"
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Julia Buckley, MP for Shrewsbury, said: "We need your insights to ensure policymaking reflects rural realities. What factors do you think affect the cost-of-living for rural communities that are currently masked in Government analysis?"

The Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG) advocates for fairer rural policy within the Labour Government. In August, our first published report, Understanding Rural Britain revealed the shifting political...

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