{"id":43251,"date":"2025-06-20T16:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T15:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43251"},"modified":"2025-06-20T16:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T15:32:18","slug":"rural-proofing-governments-approach-and-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43251","title":{"rendered":"Rural proofing: Government\u2019s approach and priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cotswolds_2025_300px.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cotswolds_2025_300px.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42451\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: Peter Badcock<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has committed to rural proofing all its policies and a new document explains what rural proofing is, why it\u2019s important and how it can be applied by government policy makers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>GOV.UK writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rural proofing is the process of assessing how government policy affects outcomes in rural areas.&nbsp; This paper sets out how rural proofing will support the government\u2019s mission-led programme for government. It explains how government policy makers should apply rural proofing to the development and delivery of relevant policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/rural-proofing-the-governments-approach-and-priorities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Peter Badcock The government has committed to rural proofing all its policies and a new document explains what rural proofing is, why it\u2019s important and how it can be applied by government policy makers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17,368,18,30,9,29,31,16,150],"class_list":["post-43251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog","tag-climate-change","tag-communities","tag-conservation","tag-environment","tag-government","tag-heritage","tag-nature","tag-planning","tag-rural"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43252,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43251\/revisions\/43252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}