Professor Mark Shucksmith on BBC Radio 4's Farming Today
The programme discusses what the Labour party's devolution proposals could mean for rural communities
8 December 2022
Professor Mark Shucksmith joins Farming Today on BBC Radio 4 to discuss the Labour's Party commitment to polticial reforms. Listen for his insight from 9:28.
The Labour Party has launched a commitment to major political reforms which it says would see a transfer of power 'from Westminster to the people of Britain'. Included in the plan titled 'A New Britain', would be the devolution of certain powers to regions and counties. The current government has already announced Cornwall, Suffolk, and part North East England would be granted more devolved powers including extra funding and elected mayors, if the local communities there support it. But what could Labour's devolution plan mean for rural communities? We speak to Mark Shucksmith, Professor of Planning at Newcastle University who's worked widely on rural communities and the economy.