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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
Reform Local Election Candidates Plan Musk-Style Savings And Diversity Cuts
Reform Local Election Candidates Plan Musk-Style Savings And Diversity Cuts
Political parties
How Keir Starmer Keeps His Massive Parliamentary Party In Line
How Keir Starmer Keeps His Massive Parliamentary Party In Line
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
Dog owners worryingly unaware of law, survey reveals Partner content
Environment
By Blue Cross
Dog owners worryingly unaware of law, survey reveals
Many people with dogs in the UK are uninformed about the legal requirements which apply to ownership, a new study has found.  
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
How to engage in lifelong learning explained in RCVS webinar
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has organised a webinar explaining the benefits of lifelong learning for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses through engaging in continuing professional development (CPD).
Partner content
Environment
By Blue Cross
Labradors the most likely to leg it
Restless retrievers are the breed of dog most likely to go walkabout, according to new research. The survey, compiled from 2,000 dog owners across Britain for Blue Cross pet charity, also revealed that over half of the nations dogs have run off at least once in the past.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Guest blogger asks if vets not working in clinical practice are viewed as ‘second class’ vets?
In this months Vet Futures guest blog Javier Dominguez Orive, the Food Standards Agencys Veterinary Director and Head of Foodborne Diseases Control Unit, asks if veterinary surgeons working outside clinical practice are considered second class vets by the rest of the profession.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Vet Futures: Is there enough guidance for the profession on ethnic and cultural diversity?
With the majority of veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses coming from a white British background, this months Vet Futures blog asks if there is enough information, guidance and support with regards to ethnic and cultural diversity in the veterinary profession.
Partner content
Environment
By Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
Pickles: Better “Bin Buying” Could Save Councils £70m Every Year
Councils could make savings by joining forces to buy refuse trucks and wheeled waste containers, according to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).
Partner content
Environment
By Blue Cross
Could you give a ‘senior kit-izen’ a special retirement home?
Blue Cross pet charity in Northiam is appealing for happy retirement homes for two OAP cats who need extra-special homes because they are also blind.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Cattle industry project to streamline data exchange
A 282,000 project to develop a prototype system for the exchange of cattle information across the supply chain has been given the green-light by Agri-tech Catalyst.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
RamCompare project to boost sheep industry genetic improvement
A major new partnership has been announced which will enable the UK sheep industry to drive genetic improvement forward through the inclusion of commercial data in genetic evaluations.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Burger sales boom boost for supply chain
New figures have revealed a boom in sales for fresh beef and lamb burgers that will benefit the whole supply chain.
Lord Eden: Protect the planet from palm oil’s ‘destructive folly’
Environment
By Lord Eden of Winton
Lord Eden: Protect the planet from palm oil’s ‘destructive folly’
Lord Eden of Winton warns that without immediate action, the rainforest and its wildlife will be soon lost to destructive palm oil plantations.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Over half of UK vets treated pets for chocolate poisoning last Easter, warns British Veterinary Association
UK dog owners are being warned to keep Easter treats away from pets after figures released today from the British Veterinary Association (BVA) revealed that over half of UK vets (54%) had treated at least one case of chocolate poisoning over Easter 2014.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Director of Education at RCVS retires
Freda Andrews, the Director of Education at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), will be retiring from the position at the beginning of April after nearly 16 years at the College.
Partner content
Environment
By NOAH
Shopper confusion about animal medicines in livestock increases
In a sign that the horsemeat scandal continues to affect consumer sentiment around food quality and safety, new consumer research published by the National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) suggests that shoppers are more confused than ever about animal medicines and how they are used to protect the health and welfare of animals on farms.
Partner content
Environment
By NOAH
NOAH manifesto calls for support for older people with pets and “evidence-based decisions” on future legislation
The National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) has released its animal health manifesto ahead of the general election in just a few weeks time.
Partner content
Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
Eliminating carbon emissions from UK homes is more cost effective than making deeper cuts in other sectors, according to analysis by the ETI
Eliminating carbon emissions from UK homes is more cost effective than making deeper cuts in other sectors, but the next decade will be critical in preparing for the transition and rapid implementation of measures that will be needed by 2025, according to a new report by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
The grass isn’t always greener Partner content
Environment
By Campaign to Protect Rural England
The grass isn’t always greener
The Chief Executive of the Campaign to Protect Rural England Shaun Spiers makes the case for keeping the countryside beautiful 
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Healthy Grassland Soils
A new online resource, Healthy Grassland Soils, will help grassland farmers manage the soil on their farm more effectively.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Opportunities for red meat exports to China in spotlight
Future exports of beef and lamb to China could mirror the successful blueprint of pork and benefit the entire supply chain, according to EBLEX.
Partner content
Environment
By Association of British Insurers
Funding a plan to reduce UK's flood risk must be a Gov't priority
Responding to the Public Accounts Commitee report on flood risk management,Louise Hanson, Director of Advocacy, Association of British Insurers, said:
Partner content
Environment
By Mott MacDonald
Construction begins on US$117.5 million Kiyú wind farm, Uruguay
Construction has begun on the US$117.5 million Kiy wind farm, located in the San Jos district of Uruguay.
Act now to prevent climate change reaching point of no return, experts warn Partner content
Environment
By University of Exeter
Act now to prevent climate change reaching point of no return, experts warn
A high carbon tax now could prevent climate change reaching a point of no return, according to a new study.
Partner content
Environment
By WWF
Make the government machine go green
WWF-UK has set out how the next government could put powerful voices for sustainability at the heart of the Whitehall machine, driving long-term action on species and habitat loss, pollution and climate change.
Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
Families living in privately rented homes should be bought in from the cold
People living in privately rented accommodation are suffering from some of the coldest homes and least energy efficient levels of all types of housing, according to the leading independent think tank ResPublica.
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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