Exclusive: Sources say Defra drafted policy on livestock fails to distinguish between ponies and sheep
Natural England and MPs are urging the government to change its livestock rules to stop ponies on…
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Sir U-turn strikes again! Labour waters down hated inheritance tax raid on farmers by raising threshold from £1m to £2.5m amid rural fury ⊖
Under the original plan farmers faced paying IHT at a 20 per cent rate on land worth more than £1million from April. Defra today lifted that threshold to £2.5million.
10 months ago
Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules ○
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Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider
Seabed bottom trawling, described by the chair of a Commons committee as a “destructive” fi…
Fowl Play! Thousands of rare breed chickens are being slaughtered as Defra jobsworths panic irrationally over bird flu - with dire consequences for Britain's food security, writes GUY ADAMS ○
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The pictures of dead chickens began to arrive in Lee Grant's inbox two weeks ago, each of them dropping with an eerie 'ping'.
12 months ago
‘Like fly-tipping’: ministers ignoring pleas to cut sludge fertiliser use ○
Exclusive: Defra warned three years ago of farmland contamination by water firms’ sewage-derived product
Government ministers have ignored Environment Agency pleas to tighten rules on the use of sludg…
15 months ago
Civil servants at Department for Environment blew more than £700,000 of taxpayers' cash on business and premium economy flights last year ○
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Figures obtained by the Daily Mail reveal that Defra spent £721,189.25 on plush aircraft seats for civil servants in the financial year from 2023 to 2024.
US base and 4,000 of its troops are 'at risk of complete destruction' if Trump decides to strike Iran, state newspaper warns as it lays out how Tehran would launch attack with long-range drones ○
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Iranian armed forces-run Defra Press claimed that Iran 'certainly has sufficient weapons' to attack Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean where the US has recently bolstered military pres…
16 months ago
Watchdog investigating whether Defra breaking laws on cleaning up English rivers ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Office for Environmental Protection says targets for water quality likely to be missed, and clarifying rules may help
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) watchdog has launched an investigati…
17 months ago
Scientists call for an immediate ban on boiling lobsters alive - as they confirm crustaceans CAN feel pain ○
In an open letter to Defra, scientists are calling for the government to implement an immediate ban on boiling crabs and lobsters alive.
1 years ago
UK failing to match EU in fight against ‘forever chemicals’, say scientists ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Experts criticise Defra’s decision not to use OECD definition of PFAS, with one asking if move is ‘politically based’
- What are PFAS, how toxic are they and how do you become exposed?
Leading scientists…
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