News Sauce UK Government Edition

A drive to get more young people working in food and farming has been kicked off by Farming Minister David Heath.

Farming and other related…

Pregnant women should be careful to avoid close contact with animals giving birth, the Government advised today.

The Department for Environment, Food…

Defra have awarded £2 million worth of air quality grants to 36 local authorities across England. The grants, which have been awarded to those…

A flood brick that could replace sandbags to defend homes and infrastructure from flooding is one of three winners sharing £200,000 Defra funding to…

As the first Japanese whaling boats set sail to the Antarctic, Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon expressed the UK’s continued opposition over…

The UK Government has secured a deal that is good for both the health of our seas and the UK fishing industry at this year’s annual round of…

Outdated and bureaucratic farm labour restrictions will be abolished as early as next next year, Farming Minister David Heath announced…

Defra has approved trials of GM vaccines against prostate cancer and HIV.

Defra has granted consent for the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative…

Lord De Mauley, with the agreement of the Devolved Administrations, has appopinted four new members to the Hazardous Substances Advisory…

The UK Government has successfully stopped an automatic cut in quota for North Sea cod and the number of days that fishermen are allowed to spend at…