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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs 2024-25

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Defra spent £5.52 billion in 2024-25, the majority of which was spent through its arm’s-length bodies and executive agencies.

Energy and environment

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Resilience of the food supply chain to disruptions

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Food and farming

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Accounts 2025-26

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Energy and environment

Leveraging private investment to improve nature and biodiversity

Autumn 2026

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Energy and environment

The Nature for Climate Fund

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Climate change and net zero

Environmental regulation

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Regulation

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Accounts 2024-25

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Energy and environment

Resilience to animal diseases

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Risk and resilience

Regulating for investment and outcomes in the water sector

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Regulation

Investigation into how government is addressing antimicrobial resistance

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Public health

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