The highest ever proportion of Single Payment Scheme (SPS) payments were released by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) this month, Agriculture Minister Jim Paice announced today

Agriculture and Forestry Minister, Jim Paice, will today be rolling up his sleeves and joining London Wildlife Trust and residents at the Maiden Lane Estate to celebrate the first anniversary of The Big Tree Plant

A programme to rally the UK to help tackle the crisis facing nature has received overwhelming support, with people taking over one million steps in just six months

With less than half the normal rainfall during September and October in Northamptonshire, South Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, the Environment Agency is asking people to take action now so there is enough water to go around next year

The Environment Agency today announced grants of £1.3 million for 37 communities in England at risk of flooding.The money will be used to help 500 households in areas at the highest risk of flooding to install products to protect their property, such as flood barriers and airbrick covers

Householders will have more control to stop the tonnes of unwanted advertising mail that drops through peoples’ letter boxes each year, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman announced today

Car litter louts are blighting the countryside and costing council tax-payers millions thanks to a legal loophole which lets offenders get off scot free, council leaders warn (March 28th)

Farmers wanting professional advice will no longer have to ring around dozens of organisations before getting through to the right source, said Agriculture Minister Jim Paice as he announced that a new, simpler Government advice service will launch in the New Year

Defra will conduct an in-depth analysis of how well the EU Habitats and Birds Directives are being applied in England, working with stakeholders and other Government departments. It was one of a number of measures unveiled in yesterday's Autumn Statement by the Chancellor

In advance of the autumn statement to be delivered by the Chancellor George Osborne on Tuesday, Ben Stafford, Head of Campaigns at the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), says