Anne McIntosh MP speaks out in favour of commons

6 Jun 2014: In an article The Yorkshire Post Anne McIntosh, MP for Anne McIntosh is MP for Thirsk, Malton and Filey and chair of the EFRA Select Committee speaks... read more

Dartmoor Commoners' Council and commoners are working hard to make TB testing on commons work

29 May 2014: The following note comes from John Waldon, Chairman of Dartmoor Commoners' Council about the impact of the new bTB regulations on all commons in... read more

Hill Farmers’ Funding Blocked by Lakes Landowner

8 May 2014: The commoners of Grasmere Common in the Lake District want to apply to Natural England to deliver an Upland Entry Level Stewardship Scheme (UELS) on... read more

Good news Defra announces a 90% increase SPS Moorland payment boost for hill farmers

26 Apr 2014: The Foundation for  Common Land along with Robin Milton, chairman of the NFU’s upland committee, the Federation of Cumbria Commoners, the... read more

We welcome Natural England's new focus on commons

4 Apr 2014: The Foundation for Common Land along with the Open Spaces Society welcome the news that Natural England has created a new post of Principal... read more

Changes to ES payment timings due to Uniform Start Date alignment

26 Mar 2014: From 2015 onwards, all new agri-environment agreements will have a single start date of 1 January in every year, rather than monthly start dates as... read more

Letter from Own Patterson MP - Moorland basic payment

17 Mar 2014: You can read the response we received from Owen Patterson MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to our letter requesting him... read more

George Monbiot meets Cumbrian Commoners head to head

12 Mar 2014: George Monbiot, environmentalist and journalist, addressed members of the Federation of Cumbria Commoners on Friday 7th March at Newton Rigg College... read more