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30 Sep 2015

Liz Truss speech to Wildlife & Countryside Link – The lines and between them

Elizabeth Truss speech to Wildlife & Countryside Link (Sept 15th) https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/elizabeth-truss-speech-to-the-wildlife-and-countryside-link This speech at the meeting which saw the launch of the Blueprint for Water’s vision The speech is a very strange mix of the well-trodden Government path of supporting all things farming and economic with very little mention of nature conservation. It highlighted a […]

08 Jun 2015

Ministerial Responsibilities at Defra: Rory Stewart’s duties for Water, Waste and Natural Environment

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Ministerial Duties at Defra George Eustace seems to have retained his previous brief covering food and farming brief and which also includes marine. There is lots of cross over with the water brief on issues like land-use and CAP and catchment management. Rory Stewart EdieNet: The Department for Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed […]

08 Jun 2015

The Pain returns – Departmental CUTS – Defra and DECC

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Two perspectives on how the cuts will operate. Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/04/george-osborne-45bn-savings-plan-whats-being-cut-department-guide Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Adam Vaughan The environment department has already suffered some of the steepest cuts across Whitehall, with a 30% cut in 2010 against the government average of 19%, followed by a further 10% in 2013, leaving observers wondering what’s […]

01 Jun 2015

Queen’s Speech – Little for Sustainability, Environment or Energy

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Cloud Sustainability highlights the Energy Bill to secure sources of gas, and previous announcement on onshore wind but no new support for energy conservation http://www.cloudsustainability.com/queens-speech-environmental-issues-under-the-spotlight CIWM Highlighted the lack of any support for the circular economy and an Enterprise Bill which promises to cut £10bn of red tape http://www.mrw.co.uk/news/queens-speech-criticised-over-environmental-issues/8683694.article Edie net highlighted the […]

24 Mar 2015

Defra needs strong leadership and expertise to support UK environment and farming

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EFRA committee: MPs are concerned that the hollowing out of Defra has left the core Department less effective in persuading decision-makers in other government departments and Brussels to follow its agenda. Firm Ministerial leadership and sufficient in-house expertise is needed at the heart of Defra to ensure it can deliver its priorities effectively. Report: Work […]

10 Mar 2015

From crisis to opportunity: Five steps to sustainable European economies” WWF Report

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Brussels, Belgium – Today WWF launches a new report – “From crisis to opportunity: Five steps to sustainable European economies” – showing that resource efficiency alone could generate per year the equivalent of the Juncker Investment Plan of over 300 billion euros for the EU economy. http://wwf.panda.org/?uNewsID=241071 WWF launches this report at the moment when […]

27 Jan 2015

Infrastructure Bill Update – Defra – Jan 16th

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UK Gvt: ‘The proposed bill would improve how we fund, plan, manage and maintain our national infrastructure. The Infrastructure Bill would provide a £3.9 billion boost to the economy over the next 10 years by: improving the funding and management of our major roads streamlining the planning process for major projects protecting our infrastructure from […]

06 Jan 2015

Sustainable Drainage Systems – Government publishes it’s response to the consultation

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There were 402 responses to the recent consultation – this report provides access to the assessment of those views. DCLG & Defra ‘Effective provision of advice to local planning authorities in relation to water drainage management – new consultation announced. As part of the government’s continuing commitment to protect people and property from flood risk, […]