Daily Mail

Countryside 'to swell by half a million in ten years' as more people opt to leave the city for a rural idyll

The rural population is set to swell by 6 per cent by 2025 leading to a boom in the countryside economy, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs predicted. The 2011 census revealed ...
Business MattersOpinion

I worry for our rural economy – and yes, it’s personal

From inheritance tax to rising costs, Britain’s rural economy is squeezed. Richard Alvin explores why the countryside, and ...
Daily Mail

Living in the countryside gives you a 'survival disadvantage': Rural dwellers are less likely to overcome cancer due to them being isolated from treatment centres

Living in the country makes you less likely to survive a cancer diagnosis, research has found. People who live in remote rural areas are five per cent more likely to die of cancer than city dwellers ...
The Mirror

Rural voters just as likely to back Labour as Tories no longer 'party of the countryside'

Rural voters are just as likely now to vote Labour as Conservative, a surprise poll has found. In a dramatic turnaround, the two parties are level-pegging with both attracting the support of 30% of ...