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Coverage of the Government’s record investment to protect UK homes and businesses from flooding

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There has been widespread media coverage after the Government announced a record £2.65 billion investment to protect thousands of UK homes and businesses. Publications including the Financial Times, The Daily Mirror, Bloomberg, The Express, BBC, The Guardian among others covered …

Coverage after Government pledges to clean up communities with deposit return scheme for plastic bottles and cans

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Today we are looking at coverage after Government pledged to end the throwaway society and clean up Britain as it implements legislation for the deposit return scheme for drinks containers in England and Northern Ireland

Coverage following the import ban of cattle, pigs and sheep from Germany following Foot and Mouth case

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rolling hills

There has been widespread media coverage following the announcement that we have introduced an import ban of cattle, pigs and sheep from Germany to protect farmers after a Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) case was detected in Germany. The commercial …

Coverage following the Secretary of State’s speech to the Oxford Farming Conference 2025.

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Steve Reed

The Secretary of State Steve Reed addressed the Oxford Farming Conference on Wednesday (9 January) to outline the Government’s long-term vision to make farming more profitable and put more money back in the pockets of British farmers. The speech was …