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CPS confirm secret filming is unlawful Print E-mail
hunting news
Tuesday, 19 January 2010

high courtThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has issued guidance confirming that covert surveillance by animal rights groups should be authorised under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. It has also confirmed that evidence obtained through unauthorised covert surveillance is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. The new guidance says:

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Review of 2009 Print E-mail
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Friday, 18 December 2009

Countryside AllianceCountryside Alliance Chief Executive Simon Hart looks back on a busy and productive year for the organisation and its campaigns: As 2009 draws to a close it brings an opportunity to look back on all that the Countryside Alliance has achieved this year. The year-end leaves us in robust health with more members than ever before and a strong sense of purpose across a range of vital rural issues.

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Where will you vote? Print E-mail
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Friday, 06 November 2009

houses of parliament Countryside Alliance Chief Executive Simon Hart writes about the impact proposals to cut temporary polling stations would have on rural areas: The foundation of any democracy is the right of every citizen to cast their vote in person and in secrecy. Of course there must be an alternative for those who cannot vote in person because of illness incapacity or travel, but the basis of a fair and transparent electoral system in the pencil and the ballot box.

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Countryside Alliance blog invites comment Print E-mail
views and comment
Tuesday, 21 July 2009

The Countryside Alliance has added a blog to its website The Countryside Alliance is constantly seeking new ways of communicating with our supporters, and to that end we have recently added a blog facility to our website. The blog will be updated by the campaigns and communications teams and will provide a more personal and “behind the scenes” insight into our work and the way we operate.

Click here to view the blog – you the reader will have the opportunity to comment on each post, and we hope this adds a positive extra dimension to our website.

 
Sign up to the Rural Manifesto and make a “real and lasting difference” Print E-mail
from our Media Centre
Friday, 01 May 2009

Read the Rural Manifesto The Countryside Alliance has launched its Rural Manifesto, which will be the focus of its campaigning up to the General Election. The Manifesto promotes changes in five key areas that will make a real and lasting difference to the countryside and is urging supporters to sign up to its aims. As Britain’s best known and most effective rural campaigning group, in the run up to the General Election the Countryside Alliance aims to offer a blueprint to put the countryside at the heart of Government policy. Alliance Chairman Kate Hoey MP launched the Manifesto in the Sunday Telegraph on Sunday 3rd June.

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VAT cut “key to affordable housing” Print E-mail
rural economy news
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
renovating houses such as this would be cheaper than starting from scratch With the provision of affordable housing high on the Government’s “to-do” list, the Countryside Alliance has said that cutting VAT for repair and renovation is the “key to unlocking the huge potential in the countryside’s existing housing stock”. Despite the Chancellor’s pledge of help for the UK’s construction industry, and in particular for new builds, in today’s Budget, he failed to announce a cut in VAT for maintenance and home improvement work.  This is extremely disappointing given the cross-industry calls for this measure, the delivery of a 10,000-signature petition to Downing Street and the support of 72 per cent of MPs for such a move.
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Objections to rural affordable housing must be ‘socially unacceptable’ Print E-mail
rural services news
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Affordable housing units are needed urgently The Government’s response to the Taylor Review on rural affordable housing must be the start of “a fundamental change in attitude” according to the Countryside Alliance. The Taylor Report is the latest in a long series of inquiries into the provision of affordable housing in rural areas. The Government has accepted the vast majority of its recommendations which, when implemented, will encourage the development of affordable housing and associated services in rural areas.
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Lifeline for Post Offices Print E-mail
rural services news
Thursday, 13 November 2008
Win Morgan in Carmarthenshire will fight for her branch The Countryside Alliance welcomes today’s announcement that the Post Office will continue to run the Post Office Card Account which is used by 4.3 million people to collect benefits and pensions.
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Post Office Card Account – decision needed Print E-mail
rural services news
Monday, 10 November 2008
Love your Post Office, love the countryside The Countryside Alliance has called for a clear timeframe to the future of the Post Office network generally, and the Post Office Card Account specifically. The Business and Enterprise Committee published a report on the Post Office Card Account: Successor arrangements today, and noted that “There is very little time for the Secretary of State to come to a decision, but when he does so he must take the needs of POCA users, and of the community as a whole, fully into account.”
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