An unprecedented range of government policies over the past two years have left rural people feeling under attack.

If political leaders want to speak for all parts of the country, they have to hear the countryside too.

Now is the time for a rural reset: ruralreset.org

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.

🚨@CA_TimB , the chief executive of the Countryside Alliance, said:“The practical legislative route to licensing the shooting of game birds requires them to ban it first”⬇️

📽️ She thought racing was cruel, until she saw it herself. Hear her story in her own words ⤵️

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A rural sport practised in England since the mid-19th century could be under threat

🔗 telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

Countryside fears mount over Labour crackdown on game-bird shooting
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The Countryside Alliance has spearheaded the calls for a centralised approach to licensing. It is right other orgs and politicians are backing this important campaign.

Ignore PETA, wear wool.

The Family Farm Tax, a proposed trail hunting ban, and now plans to restrict game shooting? thecritic.co.uk/121511-2/

Protecting our heritage.

A crime at a heritage setting is committed at least every two to three days in Yorkshire, with churches and places of worship being among the most targeted. Appalling.

I spoke to the Yorkshire Post about our campaign to raise awareness of these crimes.

We need the government to drop their obsession with culture war issues, and focus on actually delivering solutions that are going to help rural people thrive.

New research challenges claims that pheasant releases increase fox numbers 🦊

A new peer-reviewed study by the @GWCT has found no increase in fox activity on sites where pheasants are released, challenging a central argument made against gamebird management.

The research dator control carried out by gamekeepers may play an important role in keeping fox numbers at or below those found on surrounding farmland and adds important evidence to the debate about the environmental impact of gamebird management.

The study also comes alongside wider GWCT research highlighting the potential biodiversity benefits of well-managed shoots, including more songbirds, hedgerows and wild birds in managed habitats.

Read more: countryside-alliance.org/news-content-t…

Change, but no change.

The arrival of a new Prime Minister offered the government an opportunity to reset its relationship with rural Britain. Last week's Budget was the first real test – and a deeply underwhelming one.

The Family Farm Tax remains. Rural businesses continue to res. And there was little in the Budget to suggest that the government understands the challenges facing rural communities.

Meanwhile, plans to ban trail hunting, bring in a ban on snares and consider further restrictions on shotgun ownership remain on the agenda.

If the government isn't prepared to do more for the countryside, will it at least stop doing things to it?

@CA_TimB examines what the Budget means for rural Britain, and the opportunity Andy Burnham still has to change course, here: countryside-alliance.org/features/tim-b…

Photo credit: House of Commons

“I think there is something fundamentally a bit strange about some very rich people, mostly in California apparently, funding campaigns against farming in the UK”

Me on vegan campaign Project Slingshot telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

From rising costs to increasing regulation, many involved in game shooting feel government policy is moving further away from the realities of rural life.
We asked people at our Campaign for the Countryside launch why it's time to repair the broken relationship between the tryside.

#campaignforthecountryside #ruralreset #shootingcommunity

🚨 The deadline is looming - shooting needs you. 🚨

Have you responded to the government's Call for Evidence on the rearing, release and shooting of gamebirds?

Answer their survey **before midnight tonight** to make the case for the future of shooting and help save it from a e.

Respond here: consultations.defra.gov.uk/call-for-evide…

View our guidance on how to respond, prepared in partnership with other Aim to Sustain partner organisations and the @GWCT as scientific advisor, here: countryside-alliance.org/news-content-t…

Banning game shooting would be a disaster for the countryside. The government must listen to the experts that understand the huge benefits it brings for biodiversity, conservation and the rural economy.

📺Important piece from @annarileynews ⬇️

The government have launched a call for evidence on the rearing, release and shooting of gamebirds in England, which closes on Sunday 1 November.

GB News’ Yorkshire and Humberside Reporter, Anna Riley, goes to a game shoot in Nottinghamshire to see how changing the rules would itish countryside pursuit.

The government is considering licensing shooting - to do that they must first ban it.

Answer their Call for Evidence survey before midnight on Sunday 1 November to make the case for the future of shooting.

Submit your response: consultations.defra.gov.uk/call-for-evide…

Shooting faces the biggest threat in a generation. Have you responded to the government's Call for Evidence?

Submit your response to the survey by 1 November to make the case for the future of shooting and help save it from a ban and licensing regime.

Respond now: consultations.defra.gov.uk/call-for-evide…

View our guidance on how to respond, prepared in partnership with other Aim to Sustain partner organisations and the @GWCT as scientific advisor, here: countryside-alliance.org/news-content-t…