Detailed guide: Cross compliance 2019

Farmers and land managers must follow these cross compliance rules from 1 January 2019 for the whole year if they claim for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), a stewardship scheme or the English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) in 2019.




Guidance: Cross compliance 2019: inspection results

Results from cross compliance inspections in 2019.




News story: New Chair appointed to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Professor Colin Galbraith has been appointed as Chair of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee.




New natural flood management scheme helps protect homes

The next phase of the Environment Agency's Lustrum Beck flood scheme is complete – and helped protect homes in Stockton-On-Tees during Storm Christoph




Transparency data: Defra: spending over £500, November 2020

Spending by electronic purchasing card solution (ePCS), over £500.