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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
The UK must sign a bilateral security agreement with Kosovo
The UK must sign a bilateral security agreement with Kosovo
By Paul Foster MP
Foreign affairs
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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
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Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
ETI says findings of World Energy Council Energy Trilemma Index highlight the importance of decisions which must be taken over next 10 years
A report by the World Energy Council which benchmarks the sustainability of national energy systems highlights the importance of decisions taken now and over the next decade if the UK is to have an affordable, low carbon energy system by 2050, according to the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
'It is time to stop puppy farms once and for all'
Environment
By Baroness Parminter
'It is time to stop puppy farms once and for all'
Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson Baroness Parminter writes following her question in the Lords this week calling for updated legislation related to dog breeding and boarding.
Partner content
Environment
By Law Commission
A modern legal framework for protecting and managing wildlife
In a report published on Tuesday 10 November the Law Commission recommends reforms to modernise and simplify the law regulating wildlife and create a flexible legal framework for the future.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
World Veterinary Association President to tackle global challenges at BVA Congress
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Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
MIMA responds to the HM Treasury consultation on reforming the business energy efficiency tax landscape
The Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association (MIMA) has responded to the HMT Treasury consultation on reforming the business energy efficiency tax landscape and has called for the Government to:
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Should vets be as comfortable reading balance sheets as blood results?
Although the rise in employment within corporate practices has enabled young vets to focus on the veterinary science aspects of practice life, the latest guest blog from the joint British Veterinary Association and Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Vet Futures project advocates that business training should still be an integral and encouraged part of undergraduate veterinary training.
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Government cuts could have serious impact on animal and human health
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is one of four government departments that have provisionally agreed to cut their spending by an average of 30% over the next four years, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.
Partner content
Environment
By Woodland Trust
Threatened pear tree crowned England’s Tree of the Year
One of the countrys oldest and largest wild pear trees has been chosen by the public as Englands Tree of the Year for 2015.
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Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Stamp duty nudges are the clear winner to deliver energy efficiency for UK consumers
At a MIMA supported Energy Efficiency 'Dragons Den' style policy event at Policy Exchange today, four energy efficiency experts pitched their policy solutions to four policy dragons.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Beef and lamb mini-roasts hit the small screen
Beef and Lamb advertising has this week returned to TV screens in the UK.
Vets urge pet owners to prepare, to avoid ‘distressing’ Bonfire Night Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Vets urge pet owners to prepare, to avoid ‘distressing’ Bonfire Night
With bonfire night upon us, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) is encouraging pet owners to prepare pets to prevent possible upset from fireworks.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA questions Defra on poultry welfare in new slaughter regulations
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has raised an urgent question with Defra over new slaughter regulations for England that are due to come into force on Thursday 5 November.
Partner content
Environment
By Go-Ahead
Go-Ahead achieves highest carbon disclosure project score in transport sector
The Go-Ahead Group plc is joint first in the transport sector with a 96C score (up from 84B last year) for its disclosure on corporate greenhouse gas emissions and climate change strategies.
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Environment
By Blue Cross
Boa constrictor at the click of a mouse? Animal charities call for review of online exotic pet trade
Two leading animal welfare organisations are calling for a Government review of the exotic pet trade, as a worrying new report reveals the huge scale of unsuitable and potentially dangerous animals widely available to buy online.
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
84% of vets give up time to work with animal charities and shelters
The majority of veterinary surgeons in the UK - more than 4 in 5 - provide some of their time and veterinary expertise at a reduced rate, while more than 2 in 5 give their time to work unpaid with animal charities and shelters to treat thousands of abandoned, mistreated or injured animals each year.
MPs briefed on Bovine TB Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
MPs briefed on Bovine TB
The British Veterinary Association hosted a briefing in Parliament attended by MPs including members of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.
Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
MIMA supports Energy Efficiency 'Dragon’s Den' policy event with Policy Exchange
Along with theEuropean Climate Foundation, Knauf Insulation and Willmott Dixon, the Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association (MIMA) is supporting adragons den style event with Policy Exchange on Friday 6th November at which a number of expertswill pitch their policy ideas onhow to incentivise households to adopt energy efficiency measures,to be critiqued by a panel of policy dragons.
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Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
MIMA calls for Europe to be tough and support energy efficiency in response to EU Commission consultation
In support of the response to the EU Commission, Sarah Kostense-Winterton, Executive Director at MIMA said:
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Defra launches consultation on RCVS governance reform
Today the Department for Environment, Food Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a consultation on reforming the governance arrangements of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS).
Political consensus that electricity storage could solve ‘energy trilemma’ but held back by red tape Partner content
Environment
By Institution of Civil Engineers
Political consensus that electricity storage could solve ‘energy trilemma’ but held back by red tape
Policy makers, government officials and industry leaders gathered this week to confirm the potential of ‘electricity storage’ as a way of helping Britain achieve its increasing electricity demands and transition to a low-carbon economy.  
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Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
ETI appoints Cambridge Consultants to lead a project to develop an advanced Home Energy Management System
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has appointed product design and development firm Cambridge Consultants to lead its Home Energy Management System (HEMS) project. This 4.9million project aims to accelerate the development of an advanced customer-orientated HEMS which has mass market appeal.
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Environment
By Woodland Trust
Suffragette Oak is Scotland’s Tree of the Year
An oak tree planted in Glasgow in1918 as a tribute to the struggle faced by Glasgows suffragettes has won the Scottish Tree of the Year competition.
We need a Minister for 'the Outdoors' to recognise the economic value of outdoor recreation
Environment
By David Rutley MP
We need a Minister for 'the Outdoors' to recognise the economic value of outdoor recreation
Conservative MP David Rutley writes ahead of his Westminster Hall debate today and call on DCMS to include the benefits of outdoor recreation in the upcoming Sports Strategy.
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Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Chefs urged to #TryTheLamb
AHDB Beef Lamb is showcasing the excellence of Quality Standard Mark (QSM) lamb to foodservice operators across the country through the launch of a new digital engagement campaign.
EventsAll
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