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Labour MP Warns Planning Reforms Could Overwhelm Environment Regulator
Labour MP Warns Planning Reforms Could Overwhelm Environment Regulator
Environment
A Labour MP has raised concern about the feasibility of a key plank of the government's planning reforms.
Victoria Atkins: I’ve Cross-Examined Gun-Toting Drug Lords – Labour MPs Don't Worry Me
Environment
Victoria Atkins: I’ve Cross-Examined Gun-Toting Drug Lords – Labour MPs Don't Worry Me
An official register of fire safety certificates will protect homeowners from bad actors
Environment
By Matt Western MP
An official register of fire safety certificates will protect homeowners from bad actors
Labour Figures Come Out Against Chancellor's 'Environmentally Illiterate' Plans
Environment
Labour Figures Come Out Against Chancellor's 'Environmentally Illiterate' Plans
Labour Sticks To Its Guns On Inheritance Tax Despite Farmer Backlash
Environment
Labour Sticks To Its Guns On Inheritance Tax Despite Farmer Backlash
Greens Urge Government To Rethink Tax On Farming
Environment
Greens Urge Government To Rethink Tax On Farming
Committee Chair Says Finding Money For Climate Goals Will Be Biggest Challenge For COP29
Environment
Committee Chair Says Finding Money For Climate Goals Will Be Biggest Challenge For COP29
Opinion
Defra has lost its way
Environment
By Alistair Carmichael MP
Defra has lost its way
We cannot continue to take a flippant approach to how we feed the nation
Environment
By Baroness Batters
We cannot continue to take a flippant approach to how we feed the nation
Labour’s net-zero is built on slave labour and broken promises
Environment
By Harriet Cross MP
Labour’s net-zero is built on slave labour and broken promises
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Alastair Campbell Tells Labour To Set Up MP Group To Attack Reform
Alastair Campbell Tells Labour To Set Up MP Group To Attack Reform
Political parties
How Keir Starmer Keeps His Massive Parliamentary Party In Line
How Keir Starmer Keeps His Massive Parliamentary Party In Line
Political parties
Reform Local Election Candidates Plan Musk-Style Savings And Diversity Cuts
Reform Local Election Candidates Plan Musk-Style Savings And Diversity Cuts
Political parties
Senior Tories Meet German Counterparts To Discuss Rebuilding and Fighting Reform
Senior Tories Meet German Counterparts To Discuss Rebuilding and Fighting Reform
Foreign affairs
We cannot deny Reform’s appeal – but these fake patriots do not stand for British values
We cannot deny Reform’s appeal – but these fake patriots do not stand for British values
By Mike Tapp MP
Political parties
Recipes For Disaster: The Bacon Sandwich
Recipes For Disaster: The Bacon Sandwich
Political parties
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Victoria Atkins: I’ve Cross-Examined Gun-Toting Drug Lords – Labour MPs Don't Worry Me
Environment
Victoria Atkins: I’ve Cross-Examined Gun-Toting Drug Lords – Labour MPs Don't Worry Me
Sienna Rodgers talks to shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins who aims her fire at ‘City Steve’, ‘showman’ Nigel Farage and the government’s ‘Marxist’ policy on compulsory purchase
The spiders that ate Ebbsfleet
Environment
By Michael Dnes
The spiders that ate Ebbsfleet
As we – once again – await the unveiling of a host of proposed new towns, Michael Dnes tells the extraordinary cautionary tale of how an industrial wasteland in Kent just 17 minutes by high-speed train from central London remains a spiders’ paradise
A nuclear kettle of fish at Hinkley Point C
Environment
By Tali Fraser
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
Environment news
Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
Christina Rees MP Visits Calor Gas Neath
Neath MP Christina Rees has visited her local Calor Gas depot in Aberdulais, to discover how the company has been preparing for winter and how it intends to keep its customers warm in the face of extreme weather conditions.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA welcomes Defra capital spend on laboratory improvements

Speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference yesterday Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss announced £65 million capital spend earmarked for laboratory improvements and upgrading the bio-containment facilities at Weybridge. Commenting, BVA President Sean Wensley said:
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Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
New appointment bolsters AHDB Beef Lamb’s communications team
The communication of AHDB Beef Lambs research and development and knowledge exchange activity has been given a boost thanks to the appointment of a new technical communications officer.
Partner content
Environment
By Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
CIWM kick-starts 2016 with a year-long waste crime campaign
With the financial and environmental cost of waste crime continuing to escalate, CIWM has launched a co-ordinated 12 month campaign with the announcement today that it will be contributing almost 50k to a major initiative designed to raise business awareness of Duty of Care.
Gov’t backed UK 'fair trade' brand will support UK farmers
Environment
By Derek Thomas MP
Gov’t backed UK 'fair trade' brand will support UK farmers
Derek Thomas MP calls for the Government to provide clear information to help consumers support British farmers.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Think chips for your New Year’s Resolution, urge vets
With less than 100 days to go until microchipping becomes compulsory for all dogs in England, Scotland and Wales (6 April), the British Veterinary Association (BVA) are urging dog owners to make it a New Years Resolution to get their canine companions chipped.
Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
Converting London Black Cabs to LPGAutogas will deliver air quality benefits as well as saving cabbies money
Air pollution is responsible for the deaths of an estimated 29,000 people each year in the UK, with the majority of harmful emissions stemming from road transport.
Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
LPG autogas – a practical and affordable solution to the UK’s air quality crisis
Air pollution is responsible for the deaths of an estimated 29,000 people each year in the UK, with the majority of harmful emissions stemming from road transport.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
RCVS Council member made Commander of the Order of the British Empire
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) is congratulating RCVS Council member and Chief Veterinary Officer Professor Nigel Gibbens, who has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Years Honours list for 2016.
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA President congratulates UK’s CVO and BVA member Nigel Gibbens on CBE
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) sent warm congratulations today (31 December) to the UKs Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) and BVA member, Nigel Gibbens, on being awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to the veterinary profession and animal welfare.
Is protecting UK wildlife important to the Government or not? Partner content
Environment
By World Animal Protection
Is protecting UK wildlife important to the Government or not?
Wildlife crime is crime, and the UK public want our wildlife protected from it, says World Animal Protection .
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Lamb retail sales remain healthy
Sales of lamb in October and November were up eight per cent by volume, according to the latest 12-week figures.
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
British Veterinary Association urges innovation in capturing disease data
9 in 10 production animal vets now conduct their own post-mortems (PMs) following the closure of some laboratories in the APHA surveillance network, reveal figures from the British Veterinary Associations (BVA) Voice of the Veterinary Profession survey published today, prompting BVA to call for innovation in capturing PM data.
Partner content
Environment
By Woodland Trust
Warm weather means Santa Claus may have to mow his lawn this Christmas* (*if he lived in the UK)
Forget presents and turkey, homeowners in the UK are more likely than ever to be mowing their lawn this Christmas according to records added to the Woodland Trusts Natures Calendar survey.
Partner content
Environment
By NOAH
Animal medicines sector responds to Lord O’Neill on Antimicrobials in Agriculture Report
The UK, European and global animal medicines sector associations have joined forces to respond to Lord ONeills recent Report on Antimicrobials in Agriculture, through a letter and expert critique of his Report.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA welcomes Defra consultation on dog breeding
Responding to the announcement of a Defra consultation on dog breeding license controls on 20 December 2015, British Veterinary Association President Sean Wensley said:
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Rodent control hub to help with new rules
A free, self-study training course on rodent control is now available for farmers via an industry online hub, Rodent Control on Farms.
COP21 has laid the foundation for the future
Environment
By Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
COP21 has laid the foundation for the future
Lib Dem peer Baroness Miller writes following the COP21 talks and says the Government 'now has the chance to build the UK into a world leading low carbon nation'.
Partner content
Environment
By Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
Waste and resource management training remains a priority across a range of sectors
A 2015 training, education and development survey carried out by CIWM Enterprises has shown that businesses across a range of sectors are committed to investing in sustainability, resources and waste training.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
College makes Christmas donation to international veterinary charity
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has made a 3,000 donation to the international animal welfare and veterinary care charity Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS).
Partner content
Environment
By Association of British Insurers
Insurers on hand for hundreds of traumatised families in the wake of Storm Desmond
In the wake of Storm Desmond, insurers have already helped almost 1,500 families get into alternative accommodation and have so far made emergency payments totalling 2.6m, initial analysis from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) shows today.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA and PVS welcome the announcement that from today porcine epidemic diarrhoea is a notifiable disease in England
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) and the Pig Veterinary Society (PVS) have welcomed the announcement that from today (18 December) porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) is a notifiable disease in England.
Calor Gas welcomes recognition of LPG to tackle poor air quality in UK cities Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
Calor Gas welcomes recognition of LPG to tackle poor air quality in UK cities
Calor Gas, joint owner of Autogas Ltd, the UK’s leading supplier of automotive liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), has welcomed publication of the Government’s new air quality plan.
Vets offer pet owners cautionary ‘tail’ this Christmas Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Vets offer pet owners cautionary ‘tail’ this Christmas
Pet owners are being urged to watch out for hazards after new research has revealed that a nativity display, antifreeze and £200 in £20 notes were just some of the items that landed animals in veterinary practices last Christmas.
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Illicit Trade: The Growing Crime in the UK
2025
Thames Pavillion, House of Commons
Illicit Trade: The Growing Crime in the UK
Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
2025
Surveyor's House, 12 Great George Street, SW1P 3AD
Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
Net Zero Week 2025
2025
Virtual
Net Zero Week 2025