Rural Crime: NFU Mutual Report Debate

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Rural Crime: NFU Mutual Report

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Thursday 12th September 2024

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My Lords, given—as we have already heard from the Minister—the very special challenges and additional costs faced by councils and police forces in rural areas, does the Minister believe that it is fair that, currently, they get less funding per head than urban areas? What plans do the Government have to introduce a funding formula that is fair to rural communities.

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