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  • Environment Secretary speech at the Northern Farming Conference

    Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss speech to the Northern Farming Conference

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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

  • 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.

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

  • Badger control measures authorised in west Gloucestershire and west Somerset

    Natural England today confirmed that all the criteria have been met to allow the second of four years of badger culling to start in west Gloucestershire and west Somerset, to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB).

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  • New measures announced to help tackle bovine TB

    A consultation proposing further measures to strengthen our bovine TB cattle controls has been launched today.

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

  • Plans to eradicate bovine TB in England unveiled

    A comprehensive Strategy to achieve TB free status in England by 2038 has been announced by Environment Secretary Owen Paterson today.

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

  • Press briefing: morning 28 February 2014

    The Prime Minister's Deputy Spokesperson (DPMS) answered questions on the Queen, Ukraine, Northern Ireland, Harriet Harman, European reform, legal highs and badgers.

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

  • Backing the business of British Farming

    George Eustice speech to the National Farmers Union Conference: 'Backing the business of British Farming', 25 February 2014

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

  • Badger cull - piloting controls on bovine TB

    Badger cull pilot in Gloucestershire ends this weekend

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

  • Gloucestershire badger cull ends

    The cull company and Natural England agreed to stop the cull on Saturday 30 November.

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

  • Tougher approach to missed bovine TB tests

    Farmers who allow TB tests on cattle herds to become overdue will face cuts to farming subsidies under a zero tolerance approach announced by Defra.

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

  • Somerset badger cull ends

    The pilot badger cull in Somerset has ended

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

  • Gloucestershire badger cull extension application granted

    Natural England have approved an application for an eight week extension to the badger cull in Gloucestershire

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

  • Badger cull extension application in Gloucestershire

    The badger cull in Gloucestershire ended this week. The cull company has applied for an extension to Natural England.

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

  • Somerset badger cull extension granted

    Application to extend the Somerset badger cull pilot has now been approved.

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

  • Badger cull extension application in Somerset

    The badger cull pilot cull in Somerset has finished. An application has been submitted by the company for a short extension.

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

  • Badger cull humaneness expert advice will be publicly available

    Defra responds to claims made by Humane Society International in The Times

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

  • Government has no plans to take over badger cull pilots

    Defra rebuts claims made by the Guardian

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

  • Badger culling will have a significant impact on bovine TB

    Rebuts the claim that the badger cull will fail to halt bovine TB

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

  • Bovine TB: Tough new rules to halt the spread of disease

    David Heath announces new measures to stop the spread of bovine TB.

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