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From The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss
  • Elizabeth Truss: Healthy environment integral to healthy economy

    The Environment Secretary says the UK’s £100 billion food and farming sector needs a healthy and clean environment to be at its most productive.

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

  • New strategy to support bees' needs

    Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss is launching the National Pollinator Strategy to support bees and other pollinators

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

  • UK beer - pulling a billion pints for the world

    UK is now exporting beer to a record number of countries supporting our long-term economic plan.

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

  • UK food and drink exports reach a record 150 countries worldwide

    Yorkshire ice to Sweden and cheese to Madagascar are among the British food and drink products being exported around the globe.

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

  • Subsidies for solar farms to be cut to help safeguard farmland

    New rules will ensure more agricultural land is dedicated to growing crops and food

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

  • Balti: world trademark bid

    Birmingham city’s famous Balti dish is the first curry in Europe to apply for legally recognised status.

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

  • Thames Tideway tunnel gets go ahead

    Major new infrastructure project has been given the go ahead to address London's failing sewerage system.

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

  • £10 million Chinese thoroughbred horse deal announced

    Agreement to export UK horses to China announced as part of plans to help grow world leading equine industry.

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

  • Development consent granted for the Thames Tideway Tunnel

    Decision published to make an Order granting development consent for the Thames Tideway Tunnel to be built and operated.

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

  • Second year of badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire underway to combat bovine TB

    Badger culls resume in Somerset and Gloucestershire as part of government's comprehensive strategy to make England TB free.

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

  • Consumer confidence to be strengthened through new food crime unit

    Government responds to Professor Chris Elliott's report into the food integrity and assurance of food supply networks

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    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.

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    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.

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

  • Superfast broadband reaches more than 1 million homes and businesses across UK

    More than 190,000 homes and businesses in Wales can now also access superfast internet speeds thanks to UK government rollout.

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

  • 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.

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    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

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    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.

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    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.

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

  • PM announces multi-million pound boost for British food industry

    Central government will commit to buying fresh, locally sourced and seasonal food to benefit British farmers and small businesses.

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

  • New primary school tests will help eradicate illiteracy and innumeracy

    Sample questions for the tests taken by 7-year-olds and 11-year-olds show the higher standards expected for reading, writing and arithmetic.

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