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Trade Minister Greg Hands has said Australia can put up a reasonable case that it has good standards of animal welfare in food production.

Trade Minister Greg Hands has said Australia can put up a ‘reasonable case’ that it has good standards of animal welfare in food production.

The Government has announced that funding to help English farmers tackle water and air pollution on their land will be doubled.

House price rises of 20 per cent over the next five years are set to add fuel to a burning crisis affecting rural areas across the country, Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron has warned.

House price rises of 20 per cent over the next five years are set to ‘add fuel to a burning crisis’ affecting rural areas across the country, Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron has warned.

More than half (59 per cent) of small abattoir owners are preparing to shut up shop over the next five years, new research from National Craft Butchers (NCB) has shown.

²ÝÁñÉçÇø have raised concerns about the UK Government’s new tree planting grant scheme, warning it is ‘deeply unattractive’.

²ÝÁñÉçÇø have raised concerns about the UK Governments new tree planting grant scheme, warning it is deeply unattractive.

Projects to create new woodland, deliver natural flood risk management and improve water quality are among an initial 27 schemes to benefit from a new fund to drive private investment in nature, Defra and Natural England have announced.

A leading trade expert has described the animal welfare and antimicrobial resistance chapter in the UK-Australia deal as a symbolic gesture.