forests Articles

Last week I suggested to the leader of the House, that as Liberal Democrats and Conservative ministers now spend their time rubbishing each other, it might be better if future parliamentary business were organised so that government time were divided between the two...

We know what the challenges facing rural areas are; Labour can seize them and provide solutions, argues Jim Knight The most powerful voices in the Labour party are frequently its MPs. Their constituents give a direct line into what is going on. But in opposition that...

Food is fast becoming one of the defining political issues of this century. Last week the G20 held its first ever agricultural ministers’ summit in Paris to discuss rising food prices and the impacts of commodity trading.  Similarly, the OECD and UN Food and...