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The grants total £40 million and mark the second round of the Rural Community Broadband Fund and Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
First of the Rural Roadshows, allowing Defra ministers to listen to issues and concerns of rural communities and businesses.
Defra is seeking to explore opportunities for delivering Common Agricultural Policy systems beyond 2013.
Poor air quality harms health and can impact on ecosystems.
Provisional estimates for Quarter 2 of 2011/12 of local authority collected waste generation and management for England and the regions have been published today.
If there's a third dry winter, the likelihood of needing standpipes will increase slightly for 2013, but the chance of needing them is still very low.
Measures to reduce the risk of bovine TB being spread between cattle are to be strengthened as part of the Government's plan to eradicate the disease in England.
Caroline Spelman’s speech at NFU Scotland on CAP “greening”.
The process to agree a new Common Fisheries Policy is expected to continue into 2013.
Why the government is committed to 'earned recognition' as a principle that should be applied more widely than just farm regulation.
Statement on the provision of police air support laid in the House of Commons on 25 April 2012 by Theresa May.
Professor Ian Boyd has been appointed by Defra to be its new Chief Scientific Adviser.
Law abiding home owners will not be penalised and burglars will not be protected.
Approximately 210,000 people a year are attacked by dogs in England alone, including 4,000 postal workers trying to deliver mail.
Professor Michel Kaiser has been appointed as an independent member of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), by Richard Benyon, Natural Environment and Marine Minister.
New Chairs appointed to Trent RFCC and Severn and Wye RFCC.
The UK is testing Catch Quota management which counts what is caught rather than what is landed at port.
Six new representative members appointed to the Board of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) and ten current members reappointed.
This scheme is part of Defra's £100 million package of investments through the Rural Development Programme for England.
Rural and Farming Networks bring together people from rural communities, rural businesses and the food and farming industries.
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