Liz Truss
Footprint Awards 2015: What the industry said….
What do you get when you put some chickens, an ex-rugby international and a dishwasher salesman on a podium together at an awards do? You get a tremendously funny, yet informative night, as the Footprint Awards 2015 showed. The sustainability…
Liz Truss stays, Amber Rudd and Andrea Leadsom join DECC
THIS WEEK’S reshuffle has seen David Cameron line up his new green team. Liz Truss will continue as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), whilst in the same department, George Eustice is promoted to Minister of…
DEFRA negotiates dairy farmer support
FOLLOWING A tough year for the dairy industry, the Department of Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has asked that UK banks, tax authorities and the Rural Payments Agency to show support to farmers. …
Wasting away
LEADERSHIP IS lacking on waste policy as cuts and crises undermine DEFRA’s ability to take charge. DEFRA underwent its annual review recently. It’s been a tough 2014 for one of Whitehall’s smallest…
Truss outlines vision for ‘world leading’ UK agriculture trade
AS THE ELECTION battle begins, Environment Secretary Liz Truss delivered the opening speech at the Oxford Farmers Conference, outlining her goal for the UK farming industry to become a ‘high-tech powerhouse’ that would help to drive the British economy. …