The new Secretary of State for the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Andrea Leadsom admitted to asking her officials “Is climate change real?” when she...
The government must attract £600 million from the private sector to fund its commitment to protect 300,000 properties from floods, a group of MPs have warned....
The UK environment secretary has defended controversial plans to allow private sector organisations to invest in the government’s Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera). Earlier this...
The UK does not have enough expertise in the field of tree and plant diseases, according to a report by MPs on the environment, food and...
The secretary of state tasked with leading the government’s climate adaptation strategy has only been briefed on climate change twice in the last 14 months, a...
Conservative MP Richard Benyon has left his role at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) amid the cabinet reshuffle, with George Eustice in...