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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
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Partner content
Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
ETI seeks partners for project to study the impact of removing brine from under sea carbon dioxide stores
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is seeking partners for a project to study the impact of removing brine from under-sea stores that could be used to store captured carbon.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Homegrown lamb highlighted to Halal market
Homegrown lamb production and the value it adds to the Halal market has been showcased at a major event by AHDB Beef Lamb.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Having kittens - Nine out of ten vets are concerned about unplanned kitten litters, a BVA survey has found
93% of all vets asked were concerned about cats having unplanned litters, figures released today from the British Veterinary Associations (BVA) Voice of the Veterinary Profession survey reveal.
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Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
RCVS launches online petition to safeguard animal welfare by protecting the title ‘veterinary nurse’
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), the regulatory body for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in the UK, has launched an online petition calling on Parliament to protect the title veterinary nurse in law.
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Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Fun new video promotes RCVS-accredited practice scheme to animal owners
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has today launched a new animated video to help promote its veterinary practice accreditation scheme to the animal-owning public, and explain the benefits of the Scheme for owners and their animals.
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Environment
By Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Fracking planning applications guidelines - CIEH comment
Following the news that the government have announced they will introduce new guidance that will fast track fracking planning applications, Gary McFarlane of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), said:
New turbine blade could 'reduce the cost of energy significantly' Partner content
Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
New turbine blade could 'reduce the cost of energy significantly'
A new model of wind turbine blade which developers hope will improve economy, performance and reliability is set to be tested at a Catapult centre.
Partner content
Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
Blade Dynamics has announced the launch of the first D78 blade from its NASA-based manufacturing facility in New Orleans.
The blade was supported by the UKs Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Six overseas veterinary surgeons welcomed to the Register after passing examinations
The President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), Dr Bradley Viner, has welcomed six veterinary surgeons to the UK Register after they passed the Statutory Examination for Membership of the RCVS.
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Environment
By Woodland Trust
No cheesy grins as Trust reveals winners of ‘Say Trees!’ photography contest
A beautiful photograph of a scene at Ullswater in the Lake District has won the Woodland Trusts Say Trees! photo competition, chosen from more than 1,500 entries submitted from outdoor locations across the UK.
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Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
French trade issue adds to British farmer lamb woes
French trade disruption, poor consumer demand and the strength of the Pound are continuing to depress the sheep price for British farmers.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Call to farmers to highlight lamb cooking resources
Farmers are being urged to back a 7.7 million campaign to encourage more people to cook with lamb.
Partner content
Environment
By Woodland Trust
Get your kids drawing this summer holiday and you could be on your way to Europe!
The Woodland Trust has put out a call to all parents, grandparents and children this summer, gather together all the budding young artists in your families - pick up a paintbrush, sharpen those crayons and enter the Trusts exciting Doodle Bugs Drawing Competition.
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Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Shoppers in Cyprus buy Quality Standard Mark beef for first time
Families in Cyprus can now buy Quality Standard Mark (QSM) beef lamb after it was listed in supermarkets there for the first time.
Partner content
Environment
By Woodland Trust
Trust calls on tree planting army to replace millions of ash trees across the countryside
Studies by the Woodland Trust suggest the impact of ash dieback on 12 million trees outside of woods could prove disastrous both for wildlife and our cherished landscapes, with the charity launching a new initiative encouraging people to plant trees specifically in areas badly affected by the tree disease.
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Environment
By Woodland Trust
Trust calls on tree planting army to replace millions of ash trees across the countryside
Studies by the Woodland Trust suggest the impact of ash dieback on 12 million trees outside of woods could prove disastrous both for wildlife and our cherished landscapes, with the charity launching a new initiative encouraging people to plant trees specifically in areas badly affected by the tree disease.
Vets across the country ‘struggling to recruit,’ BVA says Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Vets across the country ‘struggling to recruit,’ BVA says
Veterinary practices across the country are struggling to recruit staff, according to new evidence.
Partner content
Environment
By University of Exeter
New research finds aquariums deliver health and wellbeing benefits
People who spend time watching aquariums and fish tanks could see improvements in their physical and mental wellbeing, according to new research published in the journal Environment Behavior.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Struggling to recruit? You are not alone
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has found evidence that recruitment problems are widespread in practices across the country.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
RCVS news: ADR trial nearing completion with two-thirds of cases referred
The alternative dispute resolution (ADR) trial launched by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) at the end of last year is now nearing completion with over two-thirds of its target number of cases either resolved or in process.
Partner content
Environment
By Glass and Glazing Federation
GGF reacts to Green Deal funding announcement
The Government announced last week that there will be no further funding to the Green Deal Finance Company, in a move to protect taxpayers.
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Environment
By University of Exeter
Free online therapy for depression offered as part of exciting new research trial
Researchers from the University of Exeter have launched a large-scale research study to improve understanding of treatments that are currently offered to people with depression. The aim of the trial is to develop stronger, more effective and more widely available treatments.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
RCVS congratulates international veterinary nurses on exam success
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has congratulated eight international veterinary nurses after they passed examinations allowing them to join the Register.
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Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association reaction to the Government's Green Deal announcement
Amber Rudd has announced that the Government will stop any future funding to the Green Deal Finance Company, in effect scrapping the Green Deal and the Government will concentrate on working with the building industry and consumer groups on a new value-for-money approach.
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