Detailed guide: Carrier bag charges: retailers’ responsibilities

Find out when you must charge a minimum of 5p for single use plastic carrier bags, bags you’re not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.




Press release: Supermarkets to join forces to feed the nation

Competition laws relaxed to allow supermarkets to work together on coronavirus response.




Policy paper: Carrier bags: why there’s a 5p charge

Information about the 5p charge for single-use plastic carrier bags in England from 5 October 2015.




Enhanced Local Flexibility for the Unemployed Programme Phase 3 (OC20S19P1707)

Call to run a project to build a locally integrated employment service that tackles deep seated barriers to work for all who need it in the Leeds City Region LEP area.




Corporate information: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs – Statistics at Defra

We publish national and official statistics relating to the environment, rural communities, food, farming and biosecurity.