GEORGE EUSTICE: Wasting food damages our planet – we ALL have a duty to keep it out of the bin By George Eustice Environment Secretary For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:07 BST, 10 July 2021 | Updated: 22:19 BST, 10 July 2021 Nobody wants to see good food go to waste. Yet, as a … Read more
COP26 summit should happen face to face this year rather than over Zoom, insists Environment Secretary George Eustice insisted the COP26 summit should happen face to face this year The conference already delayed and now due to be held in Glasgow in November Climate activist Greta Thunberg among those who have said they will not … Read more
Don’t be so shellfish! George Eustice slams EU over barriers on exports from UK as even the French chair of bloc’s fisheries committee says rule that catches must be cleaned in Britain ‘makes no sense’ George Eustice condemned the EU for blocking shellfish exports from the UK Bloc demanding catches cleaned in UK before being … Read more
We’ll board your boats if you don’t back down: George Eustice warns EU that Britain will get tough if Brussels doesn’t back down in row over shellfish exports Britain could start boarding European fishing boats to interrupt their catches George Eustice said Government could drop ‘pragmatic and sensible’ approach Environment Secretary faced calls to start … Read more
Environment Secretary George Eustice warns ‘time is running out’ to strike a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU as the two sides enter a ‘crucial week’ but they are still deadlocked on fishing rights Brexit trade talks between UK and EU now potentially entering their final week Two sides remain deadlocked on crunch issues of … Read more
Axe falls on taxpayer subsidies to farmers: George Eustice is to confirm that payments will be stopped in post-Brexit shake-up of agriculture Environment Secretary George Eustice will give details on the cuts today The subsidies will be cut from next year and gone altogether by 2028 The National Farmers’ Union warned last night that it … Read more
George Eustice today hinted at a UK move on post-Brexit fishing rights amid signs Joe Biden’s US election win has sparked a fresh push for a Brexit trade deal. The Environment Secretary suggested that agreements setting the ‘ground rules’ on access for EU fleets could cover several years – an apparent shift from the demand … Read more
Britain is ready to fight and win a new ‘Cod War’ with the EU if Brexit trade negotiations collapse, the Environment Secretary said last night. In an interview with the Mail, George Eustice said ministers have quietly put in place a ‘five-fold increase in our enforcement capacity’ over the last year in preparation for a … Read more
Another minister misses the WFH memo! Environment Secretary George Eustice reveals there is NO target for getting civil servants back to his Whitehall department despite ministers urging workers across the UK to ditch working from home George Eustice said there is no target for the return of civil servants to Whitehall The Environment Secretary said … Read more
Food Secretary George Eustice insists food availability is ‘back to normal levels’ and reveals supermarkets are adding an extra 300,000 delivery slots – but admits even that will not be enough to meet coronavirus lockdown demand George Eustice revealed supermarkets are adding extra 300,000 delivery slots But the Environment Secretary said it will not be … Read more