Detailed guide: Returning goods to the UK

Find out how to bring goods back into the UK after they’ve been imported into another country or if they’re rejected for import at the other country’s border, where import and export declarations are required.




Press release: England’s ‘national rainforests’ to be protected by new rules

Legislation will be brought forward to prevent the burning of heather and other vegetation on protected blanket bog habitats.




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.