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Neil Hornby, Chief Executive of Cefas (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science) will take up the role of Natural England Chief Executive in Autumn 2026.
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
A new fund will open for applications in September, helping farmers work together to cut costs, strengthen their businesses and unlock new opportunities.
The Future of Rural England report sets out how to ensure government policy delivers for rural communities.
New measures will protect Dartmoor ponies and support those who keep them on the moor.
Waste criminals will face heftier fines as the government steps up its zero-tolerance approach to waste crime.
A single Lead Environmental Regulator will make decision-making easier for the Port of Tyne’s Clean Energy Park, unleashing growth across the North East and strengthening energy security
UK-Switzerland Free Trade Agreement to deliver new opportunities for UK food and drink exporters
Inquiry will assess how public services worked during the incident and the treatment of his family
Government sets out clear path to the international agreed target of protecting and improving 30% of land by 2030
Proposals for a new independent veterinary ombudsman to give pet owners stronger rights
130 projects encompassing 364 threatened species to receive funding of £60 million from Natural England’s Species Recovery Programme
Half a million-pound financial penalties introduced in latest crackdown on polluting water companies
18,771 new homes in East Anglia, Lincolnshire and the Home Counties closer to being built
New application process for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier opening environmental schemes to more farmers
Speech by Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds at the Groundswell Festival 2026
Small farms and those without existing ELM revenue agreements can apply today for SFI as Window 1 opens.
The 25-year Farming Roadmap gives English farmers certainty beyond the next harvest for the first time.
A letter from Emma Reynolds, Defra's Environment Secretary of State to Ofwat outlining concerns on proposals to recapitalise Thames Water.
The new approach will spread funding more fairly, target family farms and give farmers greater certainty.
Alan has served as chair of the Environment Agency for four years
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