Wednesday 24 Jul 2013 @ 15:10
Parliamentary Committees and Public Enquiries
Parliamentary Committees and Public Enquiries
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Give rural communities a fair deal, MPs urge Government
In an inquiry scrutinising the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and its Rural Communities Policy Unit, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee finds that much more needs to be done if Defra is to achieve its target of ‘fair, practical and affordable outcomes for rural residents, businesses and communities’.
Today publishing her Committee’s report Rural Communities (HC 602), the Chair of the Committee, Anne McIntosh MP, said:
“The Government needs to recognise that the current system of calculating the local government finance settlement is deeply unfair to rural areas in comparison with their urban counterparts. This is unacceptable.
