From the storm of no-deal Brexit preparation to the headwinds of regulatory reform, Tamara Finkelstein walked into a squall when she took on the top job at Defra. But she tells Beckie Smith she is determined to create a more hospitable environment
Requiring households to have up to six refuse bins will be expensive to deliver and tough to enforce, committee warns
Latest study also charts nosediving relations between government and parliament
Sir Ian Boyd gives warning days before his departure as Defra chief scientist
Prospect members protest at imposition of rejected 1.3% pay offer
Public Accounts Committee says department lacks detailed implementation plan for delivering policy
Former director general for EU exit has been interim permanent secretary since April
After working on some of the first “green investment” schemes in the 1990s, Emma Howard Boyd has relished the chance to get closer to the action as chair of the Environment Agency. But, she tells Mark Smulian, she’s still keeping a keen eye on the money, as the agency strives to protect communities and businesses as well as people and plants
Registered pharmacies will be allowed to sell straws to people who need them for medical purposes after concern from disability rights groups
International development committee says a major shift in aid spending is needed to match the "existential threat" of climate change
Deadline is achievable but requires a concerted push, including government backing for carbon capture and storage technologies, committee says