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Water bosses are set to be banned from receiving bonuses if a company has committed serious criminal breaches, the Environment Secretary has announced today.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
One year on since the publication of the Environmental Improvement Plan, the government launches new measures to halt and reverse nature’s decline
Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK as part of ambitious government plans to tackle the rise in youth vaping and protect children’s health.
New law will create a new specific offence for dog and cat abduction
Flood-hit communities can now apply for thousands of pounds from the government to help them recover.
Environment Secretary Steve Barclay delivers speech at 2024 Oxford Farming Conference , outlining the biggest upgrade to the UK's farming schemes
Environment Secretary announces major updates for farmers, with an increase in funding and reduction in red tape this summer.
On the eve of New Year reforms for the wine industry, Environment Secretary Steve Barclay welcomes the scrapping of outdated rules inherited from the EU.
It is now illegal to breed, sell, advertise, gift, exchange, and abandon these dogs or let them stray.
Every storm overflow across England’s water network is now monitored.
Environment Secretary invites people to raise a glass to UK farmers and food producers this Christmas.
The Review delivers on a key commitment made at the Farm to Fork Summit and will support farmers and growers to receive a fair price for their products.
Barclay: Unlimited financial penalties for environmental offences will mean ‘polluters always pay’.
Orangutans, leopards, jaguars and other endangered species protected with new legislation to safeguard forests
Export of livestock for slaughter and fattening will be banned under new legislation.
Environment Secretary's speech at the Country Land and Business Association's rural business conference on 30th November 2023.
Steve Barclay pledges to champion British agriculture in first speech to farmers, with a focus on innovation and automation to boost productivity.
Government sets out ambitious new nature package, with measures to improve access to green space and connect the public with the natural world
Government launches competition for a new national forest to improve access to nature
Environment Secretary Steve Barclay made a video address on financial support to the Ukrainian people at the Kyiv International Summit: Grain from Ukraine.
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