DefraLex: making legislation more accessible and transparent
Steve Darling, Head of Better Regulation at Defra, describes an innovative approach to managing the department's stock of legislation and the benefits of easier access to it.
How do you put a value on 'natural capital'?
Defra Chief Economist John Curnow sets out the insights that economics can provide for environmental policy and the important new approaches being developed on natural capital.
Clearing the thicket
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Edward Lockhart-Mummery, Posted on:
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Making organisations work well, New techniques, Uncategorized
Edward Lockhart-Mummery, Leader of the Smarter Environmental Regulation Review in the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), explains how Defra and its organisations are rewriting their guidance to make it simpler, quicker and clearer for users to comply …
A ten-point plan for growth: two years on
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Katherine Riggs, Graham Symons and Will Pryer, Posted on:
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Making organisations work well
Katherine Riggs, Graham Symons and Will Pryer from Defra explain how Defra's response to the PM's economic challenge has boosted the economy, helped communities and changed the culture in the department.
Trust in the People - the Canal and River Trust
The Public Bodies Reform Programme will reduce government administration costs by more than £2.6bn. One of the bodies transferred to the voluntary sector under the programme was the Canal & River Trust. Its chairman Tony Hales and Peter Unwin, Director General at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), describe the challenges and benefits of turning a national treasure into a charitable trust.
Reform in Europe — saving our fish and chips
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Neil Hornby, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Posted on:
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Analysis and factual trends, New techniques
The European Union Common Fisheries Policy had failed. Neil Hornby, Head of Sea Fisheries at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, tells how the UK helped turn that failure round. "For years people said the Common Fisheries Policy …
#LoveOurForests
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Rae Stewart, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Posted on:
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New techniques
Social media offer great opportunities for Government departments. Rae Stewart, Director of Communications at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, tells how his News and External Communications team have been successfully engaging the public in ways which are …
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