THE Country Land and Business Association in the north has hailed news that rural communities are a closer to getting up to a five pence per litre fuel price cut after the government’s rural fuel rebate scheme won European Commission (EC) approval.

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Dorothy Fairburn, regional director of CLA North, which is the membership organisation for owners of land, property and business in rural England and Wales, said: “This is very good news for the rural economy which is set to benefit from the scheme.

“For too long, businesses in these areas have been faced with a double-whammy of having to travel further to the pump and then pay higher prices when they get there.

”This scheme will go a long way towards helping struggling livestock and dairy farmers in the area, who are desperately trying to make ends-meet.”