Labour: Coast & Country
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Flooding shows the need for public spending
In the months of December 2013 to February 2014 the United Kingdom experienced some of the worst flooding on record, and certainly the worst many living in those affected have seen. Whether this was a freak occurrence due to a combination of different weather systems or a taste of things to come as a result…
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Website Relaunch!
I’m delighted to announce that, after far too long a period of technical problems, this website is back on and operational. And so, alongside our other sites on Facebook and Twitter, we want to hear from you. What campaigns or events do you have planned? What do you think Labour: Coast & Country should be concentrating…
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Support Us
We can’t do this alone. If we truly are to give a voice to Labour’s rural members, improve Labour’s rural and coastal policy and begin the process of winning support from rural voters, we need your support. In the coming weeks, we will have the facility for you to join online, but in the meantime, download…
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Coast and Country at Conference
Please join Labour Coast and Country at our conference fringe event on Sunday 22nd September at 6.30pm Title: Labour Coast and Country: How Labour can be a voice for non-urban Britain Speakers: Hywel Lloyd, (Chair) Labour Coast and Country Angela Eagle MP, Chair of Labour’s National Policy Forum Baroness Royall, Shadow Leader of the House of…
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One Nation Labour
Tomorrow the Lords will have its first chance to debate the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill. This regulation of supermarket power over their suppliers is welcome and was first proposed by the last Labour government. It is also welcome as a measure that may benefit those in rural and semi-rural areas. Agriculture and food processing is…
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Labour: Coast and Country
One Nation – Our nation, the nation this Labour generation seeks to represent and to serve, is a complex and varied place, stretching from coast to inner city, from wooded glade to urban park, from ports and estuaries to high-rise flats and terraced houses. One Nation Labour is a powerful statement of a Party seeking…