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Labour Sticks To Its Guns On Inheritance Tax Despite Farmer Backlash

20 Nov Environment

The Government is holding firm on changes to agricultural relief despite backlash from farmers facing inheritance tax for the first time.

17 Nov Environment

Greens Urge Government To Rethink Tax On Farming

11 Nov Environment

Committee Chair Says Finding Money For Climate Goals Will Be Biggest Challenge For COP29

17 Aug Environment

Tory Leadership Candidates Warned Treating Net Zero Like A "Burden" Is An "Electoral Mistake"

31 Jul Environment

"Truly Shocking" Analysis Shows National Parks Disproportionately Impacted By Sewage Spills

25 Jul Environment

Government's New GB Energy Will Partner With Crown Estate

21 Jul Environment

New Lib Dem MP Rejects "Binary" NIMBY VS YIMBY Debate

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Christmas cheer for the Deposit Return Scheme, but challenges await in the New Year

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11 Dec Environment

Christmas cheer for the Deposit Return Scheme, but challenges await in the New Year

Preparing for an Unknown Future: The Net Zero Skills Challenge

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03 Dec Environment

Preparing for an Unknown Future: The Net Zero Skills Challenge

29 Nov Environment

‘Place’ is the key to effective climate action

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Farage-Wary Labour MPs Urge Keir Starmer To Be Vocal About Immigration In 2025

21 Dec Home affairs

Keir Starmer Is "Highly Capable" But Needs A Stronger "Message", Says Anthony Seldon

22 Dec Political parties

Starmer’s honeymoon in office was short-lived – but how does it compare to past PMs?

21 Dec Political parties

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15 Oct Environment

A nuclear kettle of fish at Hinkley Point C

Is a trawler’s worth of fish getting in the way of our nuclear ambitions? Tali Fraser investigates something fishy going on around Hinkley Point C

17 Aug Environment

Tory Leadership Candidates Warned Treating Net Zero Like A "Burden" Is An "Electoral Mistake"

Framing net zero as a “burden” was an “electoral mistake” for the Tories, according to the director of the Conservative Environment Network, who has urged the party to be more positive about the green agenda.

17 Jul Environment

Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out 40 pieces of legislation the Labour Government will aim to deliver in his first King's Speech.

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24 Feb 2016 Environment

Defra’s five-year plan is inadequate, says CIWM

Responding to the publication of Defras Single Departmental Plan: 2015 to 2020 last week, CIWM has expressed disappointment at the lack of reference to waste and resource management, as well as wider climate change issues.

Calor Gas supports Bill to reduce diesel emissions in cities

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23 Feb 2016 Environment

Calor Gas supports Bill to reduce diesel emissions in cities

Calor Gas welcome Geraint Davies MP's Ten Minute Rule Motion ‘Air Quality’ Bill focusing on improving air quality in urban areas and the creation of more clean air zones.

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19 Feb 2016 Environment

Lords committee calls for Government to change course on housing

CPRE today welcomes the first report from a new cross-party House of Lords select committee on the built environment.

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19 Feb 2016 Environment

15 years on from FMD, vets are more vital than ever for disease surveillance

On the 15th anniversary of the foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) has emphasised the vital role of vets and veterinary surveillance in protecting the UK from devastating disease outbreaks.

Environmental case for Remain 'should be clearly and forcefully put'

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18 Feb 2016 Environment

Environmental case for Remain 'should be clearly and forcefully put'

Former Conservative MEP Stanley Johnson, father of the Mayor of London, is clear on the environmental benefits of the EU ahead of today's critical Summit: "By being ‘in’ we have improved our beaches, cleaned up the air we breathe, helped to preserve our wildlife and set standards for animal welfare" he writes.

17 Feb 2016 Environment

Ban the dangerous overuse of antibiotics in farming

Shadow Defra Secretary, Kerry McCarthy, writes ahead of a crucial EU Committee vote on whether ban routine, preventative use of antibiotics on groups of healthy animals.

What next for the Nuclear Industry Association?

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17 Feb 2016 Environment

What next for the Nuclear Industry Association?

Tom Greatrex, former Shadow Energy Minister and MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, joined the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) as Chief Executive on 1 February. He writes about his priorities in that role.

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16 Feb 2016 Environment

Top quality tups required for RamCompare project

Nominations are being sought for rams to take part in the second year of the ground-breaking RamCompare project.

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16 Feb 2016 Environment

Landmark global conference held to discuss prevention of spread of tree pests and diseases

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16 Feb 2016 Environment

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Northern Ireland's woodland and wildlife

The Woodland Trust has an exceptional opportunity to fit the missing and final pieces of a landscape jigsaw in the beautiful Faughan Valley, not far from the city of Derry/Londonderry.

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16 Feb 2016 Environment

NIA welcomes UK nuclear power station life extension plans

The Nuclear Industry Association, the trade body for the civil nuclear sector, has today welcomed the news that EDF Energy has announced plans to extend the life of four of its nuclear stations.

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16 Feb 2016 Environment

UK Government cannot outsource responsibility for building power stations to foreign Governments delaying final investment decision on Hinkley Point C

It was the UK government owned Central Electricity Generating Board that built the UK nuclear power stations still running that EDF are extending the closing dates of says GMB.

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15 Feb 2016 Environment

Scientists: think more broadly to predict wildlife climate change survival

Scientists studying whether wildlife can adapt to climate change should focus on characteristics such as what they eat, how fast they breed and how well they survive in different habitats rather than simply on how far they can move, a conservation biologist at the University of Exeter says.

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12 Feb 2016 Environment

AHDB shares information on beef and lamb consumer work

The supply chain must continue to find ways to work together more closely to stimulate demand for beef and lamb, an industry round table meeting agreed yesterday.

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12 Feb 2016 Environment

Kellogg's commits to reducing sugar

Kellogg's sets out how it will play its part in helping the UK reduce its sugar intake.

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11 Feb 2016 Environment

Committee report falls short of vital rural exemption

The Communities and Local Government select committee released its second report of evidence on housing associations and the right to buy yesterday.

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09 Feb 2016 Environment

ETI to invest £500,000 to further develop the University of Nottingham’s Creative Energy Homes project

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is to invest nearly 500,000 to support the continued development of the University of Nottinghams Creative Energy Homes project.

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08 Feb 2016 Environment

UK Gov't urged to bring reduced VAT rates in line with European Directive provisions

On 3rd of February 2016, the GGF responded to the HM Revenues and Customs (HMRC) Consultation on Changes to the reduced rate of VAT for Energy Saving Materials as published on 9th December 2015.

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08 Feb 2016 Environment

Half of pet owners don’t know what veterinary nurses do

More than half of animal owners do not understand what registered veterinary nurses (RVNs) do, according to nine in ten vets polled by the British Veterinary Association (BVA).

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08 Feb 2016 Environment

Half of pet owners don’t know what veterinary nurses do

More than half of animal owners do not understand what registered veterinary nurses (RVNs) do, according to nine in ten vets polled by the British Veterinary Association (BVA).

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05 Feb 2016 Environment

The All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group welcomes the new boiler scrappage scheme for London as it will improve gas safety

A new 2.6m boiler scrappage scheme introduced by the Mayor of London will offer up to 6,500 owner-occupiers and accredited private landlords 400 cash back for the replacement of inefficient boilers.

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05 Feb 2016 Environment

Veterinary Antibiotics – Facts not Fiction

NOAH (National Office of Animal Health) would like to dispel the “myth and misunderstanding” surrounding regulation and use of antibiotics, following the publication in December 2015 of a Report on Antimicrobials in Agriculture, as part of the AMR Review chaired by Lord O’Neill.