Labour is today (Tuesday 28 April) launching its better plan for rural Britain, setting out its policies to build a rural economy that works for working people and supports rural families and communities.
- Tackling low-pay in agriculture by creating an industry-led taskforce on productivity and pay as well as boosting skills and apprenticeships.
- Build more affordable homes by strengthening requirements on developers to build affordable housing in rural areas.
- Bringing the off-grid energy sector under the remit of the regulator for the first time.
- Standing up for farmers by creating a tough new supermarket watchdog by expanding the role and powers of the Groceries Code Adjudicator.
- Cutting business rates for small businesses, which employ over two-thirds of the rural workforce.
- Giving rural communities more power over their own bus services.
- Ensuring that all parts of the country benefit from affordable, high-speed broadband by the end of the Parliament.
- Devolving powers to our English county regions, giving communities the ability to shape the places they live.
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