There has been extensive discussion about the changes to Agricultural Property Relief, announced in the Budget on 30 October. The government inherited a £22 billion hole in the public finances, and we had to make difficult decisions at the Budget …
Today's blog looks at new data showing almost half a million tonne reduction in total UK food waste in just three years – enough to fill the Royal Albert Hall ten times - and the announcement Tesco will stop using plastic wraps on its multibuy canned food products.
In this afternoon's blog, we look at coverage of Defra’s new online Natural Capital resource launched yesterday and Lord Goldsmith’s speech at an anti-trophy hunting held in the Houses of Parliament.
In today's blog, we look at widespread coverage of a new Committee on Climate Change report about land use and the condition of England’s Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
In today's blog we look at how the Environment Agency is managing the repatriation of 42 waste containers from Malaysia to the UK.
In this afternoon’s blog we take a look at positive coverage of the government’s grant scheme to help rejuvenate village halls, the progress of a white-tailed eagle released onto the Isle of Wight last summer and our ban of wild animals in circuses.
Today’s Sunday Times reports on the use of tree guards in woodlands to help rebuild Britain’s lost woodlands. The story notes that around 200 million of the plastic tubes have been deployed by the Woodland Trust, Forestry England, the National …
In today's blog we look at positive coverage in The Guardian, Daily Mail and Yorkshire Post of the launch of the Ash Archive, a pioneering project to tackle the devastating tree disease, ash dieback.
There has been positive coverage of the announcement made by the Environment Minister Rebecca Pow on ambitious plans to protect England’s rare and vulnerable seabirds.
In today's blog we look at the introduction of our landmark Agriculture Bill in Parliament, a new taskforce dedicated to tackling serious waste crime and Environment Minister Rebecca Pow's speech at a Greenpeace event last night.
In today's blog we look at coverage of the Marine Climate Change Impact Partnership 2020 Report Card, which highlights the impact that climate change is already having – and could have in the future – on the UK’s coasts and seas.