Drug crime has significantly increased in towns and villages over the last five years, driven in part by a practice known as ‘county lines’, or drug trafficking in rural areas. A new analysis…Read more…
Rural crime rise – Tory cuts to blame
Rural crime has hit a seven year high, costing a massive £50m last year, new figures show. A report by insurer NFU Mutual found that rural crime increased by 12 per cent from 2017 to 2018 –…Read more…
‘The doctor won’t see you’ – as rural surgeries close
The picturesque Cornish fishing village of Mevagissey was up against a problem faced by many rural and coastal areas – it desperately needed a GP. When their local family doctor Dr Katherine…Read more…
Rural fund ‘inadequate’ slam
A £10m government fund to help rural communities become cleaner and more sustainable has been criticised as inadequate. New community projects across England are now being encouraged to apply…Read more…
Norfolk’s transport woes
Norfolk’s run of bad luck has led to questions over whether the county’s neglected transport network could be to blame and speaks to issues suffered by many of the UK’s rural areas more…Read more…
‘Sad state of affairs’
A rural charity is producing a “village survival guide” after a survey revealed that many countryside residents feel isolated and ignored. Unite welcomed the move but said real change to…Read more…
‘Invisible and undervalued’
A rural charity is producing a “village survival guide” after a survey revealed that many countryside residents feel isolated and ignored. Unite welcomed the move but said real change to…Read more…
Clark – top gear now call
Hundreds of highly skilled manufacturing jobs are set to go after Delphi, a global car components supplier based in the US, announced on Friday (August 4) the closure of a plant in Sudbury, with some…Read more…
Squeezing out every last hour?
Leaving the EU would put around a million workers at risk of excessive working hours, new research from the TUC has shown. The TUC analysis found that since the EU introduced the Working Time…Read more…
Real jobs not just cream teas
The fate of the Shepton Mallet Cider Mill, which faces closure at the end of the summer with the loss of 120 jobs, is symptomatic of a wider problem facing the West Country – how to create decent,…Read more…
Cider support
Unite is committed to providing every support for workers at the Shepton Mallet Cider after a mass meeting today (January 29) over the planned closure of the historic factory. The union, which…Read more…
Rural employment race to bottom
The National Farmers Union (NFU) of Scotland demanded yesterday (August 5) that the Scottish government abolish the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board (SAWB). Unite has slammed the NFU warning…Read more…
Workers’ struggles headline at the Show
The historic struggles of working people were brought to life at the Great Yorkshire Show (GYS) today (July 14) by Unite’s North East Yorkshire and Humberside region. Schoolchildren and…Read more…