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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Secure a healthy natural environment for us all and deal with environmental risks
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DEFRA NEWS
''Teachers must drive education reform''
Learning Lab opens in London to help teachers benefit from professional development techniques
Planning system ''is failing our wildlife''
Mechanisms to protect England's natural environment are ''haphazardly applied and woefully monitored''
45 pc of English men ''obese by 2040''
By 2030, 40 per cent of men in England will be obese and by 2040 the figure will be even higher
Defra launches £2m fund for councils tackling pollution
Defra announces air quality grant programme for local authorities across England
Europeans demand a rethink on austerity
The mood in Europe has turned against austerity, especially in France and Greece
LATEST DEFRA FEATURES
Patient safety- a primary concern?
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement's Dr Robert Varnam calls for renewed research and development to understand and improve patient safety in primary care
Developing energy through waste
Tricia Wiley, Senior Policy Analyst for the Renewable Energy Association, examines the UK's commitment to energy from waste in comparison to that in the rest of Europe
Changing lives by improving care in custody
Reducing the frequency and severity of young people's destructive behaviour is a challenge but the results are well worth the effort, writes the Youth Justice Board's Ray Hill
Caroline Spelman
Environment Secretary
Jim Paice
Agriculture minister
Richard Benyon
Fisheries minister
Lord Henley
Climate change minister
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