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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

Robbie Douglas-Miller, who was made a baron last week, had complained about impact on salmon stocks

Ramblers criticise appointment of Robbie Douglas-Miller to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

It will be illegal to own an XL bully from February 1 2024 unless the animal is on an exempt list, called the Index of Exempted Dogs.

RSPB says figures distorted by failure to examine raptors caught in avian flu outbreak for signs of shooting or poisoning

Landmark finding in judicial review over management of Costa Beck river could force overhaul of government’s plans