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  • Rural roadshow: how funding has transformed the rural economy on the Isle of Wight

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • A new strategy to tackle Ash dieback has been published today by Environment Secretary Owen Paterson alongside the Tree and Plant Health Task…

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • After serving a three year appointment as Chair of the Forestry Commission, Pamela Warhurst will step down at the end of the year. The position…

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • A further case of the tree disease Chalara, also known as ash dieback, has been confirmed in woodland in East Sussex. Following the urgent …

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New multi-million pound investments in Yorkshire businesses will create jobs, open global business opportunities and help rebuild the nation…

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The effort to address the ash tree disease Chalara will mobilise the general public and focus attention on trees that show resistance to the…

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Owen Paterson) Further to my response to the Hon Member for Carmarthen West…

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The disease has now been confirmed in 115 sites: in 15 nurseries, 39 planting sites and 61 locations in forests and woodlands.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Businesses, charities and other organisations that care for our woodlands and forests have today joined Environment Secretary Owen Paterson …

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The disease has now been confirmed in trees in 14 nurseries, 36 planting sites and 32 locations in forests and woodlands.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Michael Moore talks at the Annual Conference of the Rural & Islands Housing Association Forum.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Revellers are being reminded to take care this bonfire night before lighting sky lanterns to limit the damage they can cause to the countryside…

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Hundreds of staff members from government agencies will be out checking sites across the UK for signs of the tree disease Chalara ash dieback…

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The myth:  The Telegraph allege that the public could be banned from British forests and woodland as a result of the ash tree disease, chalara…

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Plans in the Growth Bill will ensure communities can develop land in their areas and no longer be overruled by an abuse of Town and Village Green legislation.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Double Olympic gold medal-winning rower James Cracknell and Natural Environment Minister Richard Benyon today urged the public to show their…

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The five areas chosen to deliver Rural Growth Networks: Wiltshire, Cumbria, Somerset and Devon, Durham and Northumberland, and Warwickshire.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Around 900 jobs and almost 500 new businesses are expected to be created in Cumbria following the £3.5 million investment in a Rural Growth Network.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The Rural Statement gives people in rural areas an expectation of the changes they should see both at work and in their communities.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • More than 200 jobs are expected to be created and 450 businesses supported in Wiltshire’s military towns following a £1.9 million Government…

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government