The Campaign to Protect Rural England’s chief executive speaks to PoliticsHome about his new position and how this government is approaching the many environmental challenges which the UK faces.

The UK and Irish national trade associations NOAH (representing the UK animal medicines industry) and APHA (representing animal and plant health in Ireland) have met in Dublin to discuss matters of mutual interest.

Calor Gas outlines its vision for how the government can achieve its decarbonisation plans in the countryside and address the challenge of rural fuel poverty.

Leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg has dismissed the importance of forging new trade deals, calling them a "distraction" from the main benefits of leaving the EU.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has today (12 January) confirmed that Avian Influenza of the H5N6 strain has been detected in 17 wild birds in Dorset. 

The Campaign to Protect Rural England’s Head of Government and Rural Affairs congratulates the Government on the size and scope of its 25 year plan to improve the environment but says more detail is needed to put these plans into action.

Belinda Gordon, Head of Government and Rural Affairs at the Campaign to Protect Rural England said:

IKEA Food Services wants to have a positive impact on people, animals and the planet. IKEA Food has developed the Better Programmes to address and focus ambitions for more sustainable agriculture for all major animals in the IKEA food supply chain.

Theresa May has ruled out any vote on foxhunting in this Parliament following a public outcry over the Tories' election stance on the issue.

Michael Gove is set to U-turn and tell farmers they can expect to keep £10bn worth of subsidies in the five years following Brexit.

Labour MP Stephen Kinnock offers a potential solution to control freedom of movement into the UK and to retain access to the single market of 500 million consumers.

Theresa May is reportedly set to scrap the Conservatives’ manifesto pledge to give her MPs a free vote on ending the ban on fox hunting.

EU negotiators are preparing to compromise over controversial fishing quotas, it has been reported.

Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Exeter Professor Ian Bateman writes that the UK's withdrawal from the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy is a once in a lifetime opportunity to make both the environment and farming sustainable, delivering benefits throughout society.

When the UK repatriates its trade policy, will it protect vested interests or deliver for consumers, asks Gail Orton.

Newton Abbott MP Anne Marie Morris writes ahead of her Adjournment debate on 'fly tipping in rural areas' with over one million incidents in 2016/17 costing local authorities an estimated £58 million to clear.

The EU will block a Brexit deal if the UK tries to slash taxes and environmental regulations, Michel Barnier warned today.

Donald Tusk shot back at David Davis today after the Brexit Secretary demanded more compromise from the EU in the Brexit negotiations.

Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Miller writes ahead of her Lords Question on the effect of Brexit on UK food prices over the next five years.

Former Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Chair Baroness McIntosh writes in advance of her Parliamentary question today on "Discussions with farming organisations about the future of farm support post-Brexit".

The Chairman & CEO of Chivas Brothers, which controls 14 distilleries in Scotland, calls on the Chancellor to take action in the Budget to reduce duty on whisky to boost the Scotch Whisky industry, which has recently witnessed a drop in sales.

The 1950s with its black and white televisions and teddy boys almost seem to belong to another world, yet pets sales are governed by legislation passed when Churchill and Attlee were still leading their respective parties.

The SNP will fight against any attempt to sell out Scotland’s farmers, fishermen and crofters – and to protect our place in the single market, says Angus MacNeil 

We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make Britain a global leader in green policy and rewrite our approach to environmentalism, farming and fishing, writes Michael Gove