The Latest Breaking News from Defra

DS Smith’s innovation lab is in the spotlight after the packaging firm’s takeover approach from rival Mondi

Exclusive: Investigation finds banned chemicals at levels up to 260 times higher than that deemed safe to consume

Exclusive: Numbers killed double in just a year – fuelled by massive surge in post-Covid pet ownership

Households will be able to drop off cables and other electrical waste in-store or have home collections, says Defra

Blue Marine Foundation is challenging government for ignoring scientific advice on limits and giving a green light to overfishing

So, the civil servants are at it again. Or rather they’re not, as they’re still “working” from home, painting their toenails, doing the laundry, watching reruns of Deal or No Deal and sequencing automated email replies. As if it wasn’t enough that they’re complaining about having to go back to…

Exclusive: freedom of information request reveals ministers rejected plan to make pledge legally binding

Exclusive: plant from South America, also known as Gunnera, found to spread rapidly and choke native flora

Officials working at the Environment Department are seeking to become the first in Whitehall to trial a four-day working week