General Licences delayed
The 2025 general licences for the release of common pheasant and red-legged partridge in and around Special Areas of...
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Commons debates rural community support
In a short debate yesterday, MPs from across the UK gathered to discuss the challenges facing rural communities and...
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Tim Bonner: Lead ammunition ban comes closer
The government is due to respond by today (Thursday 13 March) to the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) proposals on...
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Concerns over Northern Ireland’s Programme...
The Northern Ireland Executive’s recently approved Programme for Government (PfG) 2024-2027 sets out goals aimed at...
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Another broken promise to farmers by the...
The announcement late last night (Tuesday 11 March) by the government to close the current Sustainable Farming...
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Farmers to be forced to sell land at...
The Countryside Alliance has spoken out over Government plans to force farmers to sell land for less than its potential...
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With the British public increasingly turning...
Increasingly more evidence suggests that the British public are returning to meat and dairy, and shunning plant-based...
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MPs’ committee adopts Alliance priorities
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee of the House of Commons has published its 2024-25...
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Hare poaching sentencing consultation - Have...
Following extensive campaigning by the Countryside Alliance, working closely with the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and...
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Investigation: Biosecurity threat uncovered...
The Countryside Alliance has uncovered evidence of widespread illicit smuggling of 'bushmeat' into the UK via social...
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Steve Reed's farming dilemma
Steve Reed addressed his first NFU Conference as Defra Secretary on Tuesday (25 February), giving a brave performance...
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MPs debate solutions for affordable village...
MPs from across the political spectrum gathered in Westminster Hall yesterday (25 February) to highlight the growing...
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