Defra

The government’s new Food Strategy has sparked an angry response from environmental and farming groups alike, but is it really as bad as its critics suggest?

Farming and environmental groups unite in condemning new Food Strategy, accusing government of taking ambitious proposals and 'stripping them to the bone'

Defra and the Environment Agency to provide grants of up to £100,000 to environmental groups, local authorities and businesses

Industry-led consortium aims to recruit local authorities to take part in new FlexCollect project

Ministers must press ahead with bold biodiversity targets that can unlock much-needed investment for efforts to enhance nature, argues The Wildlife Trusts' Elliot Chapman-Jones

Draft Defra policy statement promises to embed the environment 'at the heart' of all policymaking on the same day as reports reveal key corporate sustainability rules have been delayed

Environmental groups demand more action and support from government to drive up household recycling rates in wake of latest figures

Government-backed study aims to put monetary value on the myriad benefits that flow from green spaces

Government warns climate crisis 'brings with it greater risks' as it analyses success of investing in flood and coastal erosion defences

The government has unveiled a package of measures designed to support farmers amid surging energy and artificial fertiliser costs