The Latest Breaking News from Defra

The government has asked Greater Manchester to analyse the impact of introducing charges on some vehicles in the city centre

The UK government has announced its business department will be split into separate departments for science, business and energy. The new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, to give it its full name, represents the return of an energy and climate-focused department after a seven-year hiatus.

The Real Bread Campaign is asking them to review the marketing saying by law the word wholemeal ''can only be used in a product name or marketing if all of the flour in that product is wholemeal''.

Iceland is said to have already made changes, with other supermarkets possibly following suit in the future

Iceland has removed its own-brand ‘50% white and wholemeal’ loaf after a complaint was made by the lobby group to trading standards and campaigners say other supermarkets could follow the move

Iceland has reportedly already made changes

The group has written to manufacturers and retailers as well as local authorities, and the case has been sent up to DEFRA

Lord Winston told Parliament he was ‘very concerned’ that the use of this technology could have unintended consequences

Therese Coffey said she would want it to happen faster than the final 2050 target – if there was not a ‘massive’ impact on household water bills.