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Inaccurate reporting on foot and mouth disease controls

Inaccurate reporting on foot and mouth disease controls

There has been inaccurate media coverage regarding foot and mouth disease (FMD) controls with reports that it took six or seven days for controls on commercial imports to take effect and “allowed disease to enter the country.”

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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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Flooding in Devon and Somerset

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

An update from the Environment Agency on flooding in Devon and Somerset.

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Coverage on South West Water’s record £2.1 million

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 27 April 2023 - Categories: Pollution, water

Today, we are looking at coverage following South West Water’s prosecution yesterday (26 April), which saw the company fined more than £2 million.

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Coverage on pledge to enshrine storm overflow target in law

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 26 April 2023 - Categories: water

Today, we are looking at coverage following our announcement that the government's target to reduce storm overflows will be enshrined in law.

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Landowner sentenced to 12 months in prison for destruction on the River Lugg, Herefordshire

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 21 April 2023 - Categories: Environment Agency, Natural England, Weekly stories

Today we are looking at media coverage following the sentencing of a landowner for causing destruction along the River Lugg in Herefordshire.

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