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Sustainable rural communities

Photo of a village storeEncouraging sustainable regeneration in disadvantaged rural areas, promoting social inclusion and reducing deprivation, ensuring higher quality, more accessible public services to rural communities.

Outcomes we aim to achieve:

  1. Vibrant enterprise across rural England, with resources better targeted to help reduce the gap in productivity between the least well performing quartile of rural areas and the English median; rural social exclusion tackled, with fair access to services and affordable housing

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Page last modified: 24 October 2005

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs