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Media reporting on peat-ban for the professional Horticulture sector

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 24 March 2023 - Categories: Weekly stories

There has been news reporting of our ban on horticultural peat. In 2011 we agreed to a voluntary phase out of the sale of peat and peat-containing products by 2020, and repeatedly stated that we would legislate if this was …

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Seasonal workers visas for 2023

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 19 December 2022 - Categories: Farming
Horticultural workers

Defra has announced 45,000 visas for seasonal workers will be available to horticulture businesses next year - an uplift of 15,000 compared to what was available at the start of 2022.

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Charities call for ban on peat compost

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 25 November 2020 - Categories: Weekly stories

Today we look at coverage in the Times, Telegraph, and the Guardian of conservation charities calling for a ban on the use of peat in compost.

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