Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Organisations
  3. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

News and communications

Skip to results

3,348 results

Skip to results
3,348 results sorted by Updated (newest)
From Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
  • Celebrating the Canal & River Trust’s Olympic Legacy

    Water Minister Dan Rogerson visited Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park this week to see the Canal & River Trust's work to restore waterways.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Thames Water fined £250,000 for polluting Newbury’s Chase Brook

    Thames Water has been fined £250,000 and ordered to pay costs of £6,887 for polluting the Chase Brook in Newbury.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • CPET sustainable palm oil newsletter, Issue 3

    This newsletter was issued in September 2014.

    • Updated:
  • Badger vaccination scheme launched to curb bovine TB spread

    A new badger vaccination scheme has been launched today as part of the government’s comprehensive strategy to make England bovine TB free.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £30 million project set to reduce flood risk in Kent

    More than 1,400 properties between Camber and Lydd will benefit as work begins on the Broomhill Sands Coastal Defence Scheme in Kent.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Batteries directive: public views on draft 2015 regulations

    Public consultation and impact assessment on the 2015 draft regulations, following the amended batteries and accumulators directive.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Russian food ban: support for Scottish fishing businesses

    Support for Scotland's fishing industry in response to Russia’s unjustified food export ban.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New details on CAP implementation announced

    More information has been published for farmers about the new Common Agricultural Policy rules.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • North Sea trials show less than 1 percent of cod discarded

    The MMO has published the results of catch quota trials which took place in the North Sea during 2013.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Combined agency to safeguard animal and plant health

    A combined agency will start work this autumn to ensure government is better equipped to prevent the spread of animal and plant diseases.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Russian import ban on agricultural products

    Information about agricultural products affected by the Russian import ban.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Superfast broadband reaches 1 million more homes and businesses

    £1.7 billion government rollout takes superfast broadband to 1 million homes and businesses across the UK.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMG reaction to Russian sanctions

    Russia has no grounds to impose sanctions and should use its influence with violent Russian-backed separatists to stop destabilising Ukraine.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Campylobacter: government response

    Government advice on minimising the public's risk of food poisoning through campylobacter, a bacteria that naturally occurs in chicken.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • NMO enforcement authority annual report 2013-14

    The National Measurement Office enforcement authority annual report for year ending March 2014

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Civil Service Quarterly: When the resources we need aren’t available

    Economists from DEFRA assess the risks of resource nationalism to the UK economy

    • Updated:
  • Businesses get greater say on how regulation is enforced

    The Fresh Produce Consortium and the National Farmers’ Union have been selected to run reviews under Business Focus on Enforcement.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Environment Agency board appointments

    Gill Weeks, OBE, has been appointed to the Board of the Environment Agency

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • PM and Environment Secretary announce multi-million pound boost for British food industry

    From 2017, central government will commit to buying fresh, locally sourced, seasonal food, through a new, simplified food and drink buying standard.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Chairman of the Environment Agency announced

    Sir Philip Dilley appointed as new Chairman of Environment Agency.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government