CAP

'Greenspeaking with confidence': Watchdog updates green claims guidance for advertisers

Marketing

'Greenspeaking with confidence': Watchdog updates green claims guidance for advertisers

New resources and refreshed guidance reaffirm key principles behind the accurate use of 'sustainable', 'biodegradable', and 'carbon neutral' claims

clock 31 July 2026 • 3 min read
Research: Climate change most significant factor shaping EU farming adaptation

Climate change

Research: Climate change most significant factor shaping EU farming adaptation

European Commission research explores how are EU farmers are increasingly adapting their businesses to both better mitigate and prepare for the worsening impacts of climate change

clock 26 May 2026 • 2 min read
Food Strategy: How the government served up a dish that disappointed almost everyone

Policy

Food Strategy: How the government served up a dish that disappointed almost everyone

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?

clock 14 June 2022 • 12 min read
Missing crucial ingredients: Campaigners slam government's new Food Strategy

Policy

Missing crucial ingredients: Campaigners slam government's new Food Strategy

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

clock 13 June 2022 • 8 min read
Institute for Government: UK's green farming reforms at risk of disappointing all stakeholders

Policy

Institute for Government: UK's green farming reforms at risk of disappointing all stakeholders

Think tank warns government has set expectations too high for post-Brexit farming subsidy scheme and must now deliver clearer plan that enables a smooth delivery

clock 17 March 2022 • 4 min read
'An historic shift': Government unveils new nature recovery funding schemes

Policy

'An historic shift': Government unveils new nature recovery funding schemes

Defra says new Local Nature Recovery and Landscape Recovery schemes will work in conjunction with incoming Sustainable Farming Incentive

clock 05 January 2022 • 6 min read

Politics

Can the government deliver on its 'climate-friendly farming' promises?

As Ministers announce fresh details on the biggest shake-up in agricultural policy in 50 years, questions remain as to how effective promised subsidy reforms will prove

clock 30 November 2020 • 7 min read

Biodiversity

Brexit could be good for UK environment, says top government adviser

Dieter Helm says withdrawal from common agricultural policy could safeguard natural world

clock 08 February 2019 • 4 min read

Legislation

'Once in a lifetime opportunity': Calls grow for government to deliver on Green Brexit promises

Group of 55 campaign groups write to Prime Minister urging her to deliver sweeping agricultural policy reform, as Conservative politicians call on government to beef up Green Brexit vision

clock 29 August 2018 • 11 min read

Politics

Prime Minister: Green protections will be 'fundamental' to new UK farming subsidy system

Theresa May reiterates plans to replace CAP with new farming subsidy system that rewards environmental protection work

clock 26 July 2018 • 3 min read