Defra

New funding designed to allow councils to deliver weekly food waste collections as standard from April 2026

MPs warn 'businesses cannot afford anymore uncertainty' over delayed supply chain deforestation due diligence legislation

Changes to Sustainable Farming Incentive mean applicants will only be able to put quarter of their land into six specified environmental actions that take land out of food production

Too Good To Go leads open letter to Defra calling for renewed action to tackle food waste mountain that costs UK economy in excess of £21bn a year

Lloyds pledges £250,000 to Knepp Wildland Foundation, West Cumbria Rivers Trust, and the National Trust via the expanding Projects for Nature initiative

Environment Secretary announces consultation on plans to deliver clearer food labelling that rewards high-quality, high-welfare food

Little progress has been made to encourage the public to re-use and recycle electronic products since last EAC report, MPs find

Projects to receive investment include in-sewer monitors, AI technology, and hiring of specialist staff to detect and reduce spills

Science, Innovation, and Technology Committee issues 'clarion call' for government to tackle knowledge gaps around insect decline and pesticide use

Move is expected to help plug the gap in hedgerow rules for farmers that has emerged in the wake of the UK's exit from the European Union