Landscape

More than 100,000 people have signed an NFU petition calling on the Government to ban sky lanterns across England and Wales.

Delays in the rollout of the Government’s Environmental Land Management schemes (ELMs) are down to a deliberate policy of ‘listening, learning and improving’, Defra has revealed.

Landlords resuming land from tenants to plant trees under a disputed notice to quit will not be eligible for funding through the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO), Defra has confirmed.

An alliance of environmental groups has launched a three-point attack on the Government, following the publication of its latest air pollution figures.