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EXCLUSIVE - Maya Ellis: "Rural disadvantage tends to appear in isolated pockets rather than being concentrated as it is in urban areas"

Ribble Valley MP Maya Ellis writes on the work of the Labour Rural Research Group, an upcoming report on rural poverty and why rural communities have felt overlooked over the past 15 years

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Labour MP Maya Ellis said: "There鈥檚 an imbalance that shapes life chances and that needs attention."
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Labour MP Maya Ellis said: "There鈥檚 an imbalance that shapes life chances and that needs attention."

There's an often-held assumption that poverty does not affect rural areas. Headlines often feed into this stereotype when, in fact, that's simply not true and can be damaging to those suffering very...

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