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Coverage on government support for tenant farmers in response to the Rock Review

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 25 May 2023 - Categories: Farming

Yesterday (24 May), the government published a range of measures to support tenant farmers and help provide long-term sustainability for the tenant farming sector in its response to the independent Rock Review.

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Coverage on the marine and coastal wildlife code

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 25 May 2023 - Categories: marine

Today there has been coverage on BBC Breakfast on the launch of England’s first ever national Marine and Coastal Wildlife Code.

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Nutrient neutrality coverage continued

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 24 May 2023 - Categories: Natural England

Today there has been coverage in the Times newspaper inaccurately claiming that Natural England’s rules have prevented developers from building thousands of homes.

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Coverage on Nutrient Neutrality

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 23 May 2023 - Categories: Natural England, Nature

There has been coverage in The Times today which covers comments from the Home Builders Federation, who claim that Natural England has blocked the building of over 160,000 homes due to nutrient neutrality rules, causing development levels to fall to …

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Coverage of Ivory Act extension to five new species

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 23 May 2023 - Categories: Nature

Five new species set to be protected under Ivory Act extension

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Water UK’s national apology from sewage and water companies

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 18 May 2023 - Categories: water
River Plym in Devon

Defra and Environment Agency reaction following a national apology from Water UK, on behalf of water and sewage companies, for not acting quickly enough on sewage spills.

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Media coverage following the UK Farm to Fork Summit

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 17 May 2023 - Categories: Food

There has been widespread coverage, including in The Daily Mail, The Independent and The Daily Telegraph, following the UK Farm to Fork Summit hosted by the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Downing Street yesterday (16 May). The event was also …

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Coverage on Ofwat’s £11 million funding announcement

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 17 May 2023 - Categories: water
Castle Eden Dene National Nature Reserve, Durham

Today, we are looking at coverage following Ofwat’s announcement that their funding capacity will be bolstered by £11 million in additional funding from HMT.

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Six Months of Delivery

Posted by: defrablogs, Posted on: 10 May 2023 - Categories: Farming, Flood, marine, Nature, plastic, Pollution, Uncategorized, waste, water, Wildlife
A view of the River Lune near Lancaster

From our landmark plans to deliver a cleaner, greener country, to the billions of pounds made available to improve nature and support communities, businesses and food producers across the country – we’ve been busy delivering on our commitment to leave …

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Coverage on the Public Accounts Committee report on Defra IT

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 10 May 2023 - Categories: Corporate
Defra sign

Today, we are looking at coverage following the publication of the House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee report on Defra’s IT infrastructure.

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