Search results for 'Rural and countryside'

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  1. The Future Farming and Countryside Programme

    Work in progress

    Summer 2024

    This study will look at the Farming and Countryside Programme. This is government’s approach to farming and the countryside in England following Brexit.

  2. Biodiversity net gain

    Work in progress

    Spring 2024

    Our report on biodiversity net gain will examine what government wants to achieve and how it plans to do so, its progress to date, and how it is managing associated risks and challenges.

  3. Resilience to flooding

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    We look at the government’s long-term ambition “to create a nation more resilient to future flood and coastal erosion risk” and, in the more immediate term, whether Defra and EA are delivering value for money after two years of the capital programme.

  4. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Countryside Agency – The right of access to open countryside

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    The right to roam was successfully introduced two months ahead of target, according to a report by the National Audit Office. Information on how to use this new right is generally good, although there are lessons to be learned on estimating and managing costs, with expenditure on the scheme almost double the original estimate. But, […]