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  • Written Parliamentary Statement: Ash Tree Dieback

    The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Owen Paterson) Further to my response to the Hon Member for Carmarthen West…

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

  • Survey reveals ash disease in six further counties

    The disease has now been confirmed in 115 sites: in 15 nurseries, 39 planting sites and 61 locations in forests and woodlands.

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

  • Summit identifies ideas for action on Ash disease

    Businesses, charities and other organisations that care for our woodlands and forests have today joined Environment Secretary Owen Paterson …

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

  • Ash disease found in Kent and Essex

    The disease has now been confirmed in trees in 14 nurseries, 36 planting sites and 32 locations in forests and woodlands.

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

  • Rural & Islands Housing Association Forum: Annual Conference

    Michael Moore talks at the Annual Conference of the Rural & Islands Housing Association Forum.

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

  • Sky Lanterns cause bonfire night nuisance

    Revellers are being reminded to take care this bonfire night before lighting sky lanterns to limit the damage they can cause to the countryside…

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

  • Government action on ash tree disease Chalara

    Hundreds of staff members from government agencies will be out checking sites across the UK for signs of the tree disease Chalara ash dieback…

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

  • Myth bust: The Telegraph claims public to be banned from woodlands

    The myth:  The Telegraph allege that the public could be banned from British forests and woodland as a result of the ash tree disease, chalara…

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

  • Ending abuse of village green legislation will unlock growth and boost aspiration

    Plans in the Growth Bill will ensure communities can develop land in their areas and no longer be overruled by an abuse of Town and Village Green legislation.

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

  • James Cracknell and Richard Benyon call for people to love their rivers

    Double Olympic gold medal-winning rower James Cracknell and Natural Environment Minister Richard Benyon today urged the public to show their…

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

  • 500 new jobs for Warwickshire: £2.4 million to boost local rural economy

    The five areas chosen to deliver Rural Growth Networks: Wiltshire, Cumbria, Somerset and Devon, Durham and Northumberland, and Warwickshire.

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

  • Cumbrian businesses shaping policy in Rural Roadshow

    Around 900 jobs and almost 500 new businesses are expected to be created in Cumbria following the £3.5 million investment in a Rural Growth Network.

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

  • New ‘contract’ to give rural communities power to hold Government to account on rural growth

    The Rural Statement gives people in rural areas an expectation of the changes they should see both at work and in their communities.

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

  • Wiltshire military wives to get £1.9 million boost for jobs and rural growth

    More than 200 jobs are expected to be created and 450 businesses supported in Wiltshire’s military towns following a £1.9 million Government…

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

  • £2.9m to create 1,100 new jobs in the South West announced on rural roadshow

    Devon and Somerset is one of five regions to benefit from a Rural Growth Network.

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

  • North East to get £3.2 million to create new rural jobs and businesses

    Northumberland and Durham is one of five regions to benefit from a Rural Growth Network.

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

  • £3.5m for new jobs and businesses announced on Cumbria Rural Roadshow

    Cumbria is one of five regions to benefit from a Rural Growth Network.

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

  • Canal & River Trust launches on wave of support

    The new charity will give people who visit and love the waterways a greater role in making them cleaner and more beautiful than ever.

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

  • Publication of the Independent Panel on Forestry report

    The Independent Panel on Forestry have published their final report.

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

  • Appointment to the Board of the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew

    Professor Malcolm Press has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew by Lord Taylor of Holbeach. This appointment…

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