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Uplands' bureaucratic fightback against DEFRA

July 29 · 9 min · Season 1 · Episode 145 · 7.9 MB
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Jo Pearson's job at the Moorland Association is to help upland estates fill out forms. These forms are applications for controlled burning licences from Natural England – and Jo knows that, if she fills out enough forms, DEFRA may get to hear about it, and may realise what a pointless exercise 'controlled burning' forms are. She speaks to Charlie Jacoby in the 2026 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre.

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