Monday, 3 March 2008

Poverty 'blights 1m rural homes'

Almost one million households in rural England live in poverty, a study says.The report, by the government's rural advocate, Stuart Burgess, says many people living and working in the countryside have prosperous lifestyles.

VIDEO CLIP Problems facing people in rural areas

PDF of report "Tackling Rural disadvantage"

LINK to The problem with rural Britain

BBC NEWS England Poverty 'blights 1m rural homes'