Key public bodies are insufficiently prepared for a major animal disease outbreak and would be likely to struggle to cope with one, warns Parliament’s National Audit Office (NAO). The NAO report, Resilience to Animal Diseases, notes...
The latest National Audit Office (NAO) report into Defra’s post-Brexit farm and countryside management and support programme – its third into the subject – finds some improvement but still too much uncertainty....
Previous underinvestment in digital systems leaves Defra at risk of ageing technology affecting service levels, finds a National Audit Office (NAO) report. Despite a recent funding settlement and sound plan to address these issues,...
Ahead of this week’s Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, the NFU has called for a delay in the post-Brexit farm subsidy cuts in England. It says postponing the planned reductions in Basic Payment Scheme support in the 2022 and 2023 scheme years in England...
While Defra has made “good progress” in preparing for Brexit, it still faces an “enormous challenge”, and won’t be ready for a no-deal exit, warns the National Audit Office (NAO). Defra is one of the government departments that is most affected by EU Exit, responsible...