Defra

Defra confirms Infrastructure Strategy will include record investment of almost £8bn in flood defences over the next decade

Environment Secretary Steve Reed launches call for evidence seeking views on how to encourage more businesses to invest in nature restoration

Rachel Reeves confirms funding for nuclear projects, carbon capture hubs, clean tech R&D, skills programmes, and public transport upgrades in major boost for green economy

Treaty is designed to provide the first legal mechanism for establishing marine protection areas in international waters

Twelve charities awarded slice of £13.6m in Defra funding to redistribute an estimated 19,000 tonnes of farm surplus to those facing food poverty

Defra and Natural England have two months to respond to allegations before Office for Environmental Protection decides on next steps

An additional 30,000 square kilometres of UK waters could be protected from bottom trawling under new proposals from Defra

Farmers and green groups call on government to avoid cutting back Sustainable Farming Incentives in upcoming Spending Review

Proposed new reservoirs in Lincolnshire and East Anglia declared 'Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects', in a move from Defra to try and speed up the planning approval process

Uncertainty over policy and funding support for farmers in England and Wales scuppering organic farmland growth, warns Soil Association