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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
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Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Provenance puts independent butchers in prime position
Independent butchers are best placed to capitalise on the publics new-found love of all things culinary, despite the industry losing a generation through lack of training opportunities.
Partner content
Environment
By Innovate UK
Encraft – smart infrastructures that save energy and reduce emissions
Domestic heating, hot water, lighting, cooking and household appliances account for more than 25% of all energy use in the UK.
Partner content
Environment
By University of Exeter
Policy makers should not discount the damages from future climate tipping points
Society should set a high carbon tax now to try and prevent climate change reaching a point of no return according to a new study.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Red meat “vital” to balanced diet
Meat from grass-fed cattle and sheep can have up to 10 times more long-chain omega-3 fatty acids than meat from animals reared on non-pasture sources, a group of MPs has been told.
Partner content
Environment
By Glass and Glazing Federation
Budget 2015: 'Uninspiring and empty' says GGF
This week Chancellor George Osborne announced his final Budget before this years General Election in May, the GGF has reacted by describing it as uninspiring and empty.
How to build a 10GW CCS Sector in the UK by 2030? Partner content
Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
How to build a 10GW CCS Sector in the UK by 2030?
The All Party Climate Change Group and the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) hosted an event in parliament this week to mark the launch of a new report on the carbon capture and storage sector
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
EBLEX cuts it thin and slow at the IFE
EBLEX will next week showcase its research into thin cuts and the casserole and braising category at the International Food and Drink Exhibition (IFE).
Joint Conference by BPCIF and EIFA in the House of Commons
Environment
By British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom
Joint Conference by BPCIF and EIFA in the House of Commons
Iran's interference in Iraq poses a major obstacle for national reconciliation
Partner content
Environment
By Energy Saving Trust
Energy Saving Trust comments on updated Community Energy Strategy
DECC announced an updated Community Energy Strategy today, setting out how the Government will enable communities to set up sustainable energy projects.
Partner content
Environment
By Mott MacDonald
Community investment in wind power has enormous potential to bring economic and social prosperity.
Community ownership via community enterprise companies or other suitable mechanisms, has the power to enhance democracy, whilst empowering communities to directly invest in a future of their choice.
Partner content
Environment
By Blue Cross
Blue Cross welcomes new fly grazing law
Blue Cross has welcomed the passing of new legislation to tackle fly grazing.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA discounts on RVC Webinar Plus courses
To help vets starting out in practice or returning from a career break the British Veterinary Association (BVA) has again teamed up with the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), this time offering BVA members a 25% discount on a selection of RVC Webinar Plus CPD courses.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
An eye on the future at BSAVA Congress
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) will be asking visitors to think about the future of the veterinary profession during the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) Congress in Birmingham next month.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Voting now open for 2015 RCVS and VN Councils elections
Veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses may now cast votes for their preferred candidates in this years Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Council and Veterinary Nurses (VN) Council elections, respectively.
Partner content
Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
ETI seeks partners for smart tyre pressure optimisation system for heavy duty land vehicles that could reduce CO2 emissions by up to 8%
ETI issues Request for Proposals seeking partners for Rolling Resistance Optimisation System project in its transport programme
EY responds to Osborne's budget Partner content
Environment
By EY
EY responds to Osborne's budget
In response to GeorgeOsbonesfinal budget of this parliament,EYexamines the Chancellors announcements and the impacts they might have.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Berkshire equine practitioner elected Vice-President
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Council member Chris Tufnell has been elected as the next Vice-President and will take up his position in July.
Partner content
Environment
By WWF
Green opportunities missed with Budget 2015
David Nussbaum, CEO of WWF-UK today said that opportunity knocked but the Chancellor only partially opened the door to greener, smarter growth in response to George Osbornes budget speech.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
New video sets out how the RCVS benefits animals and the public
A new video released by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) sets out how the Colleges activities benefit animal and public welfare by helping to make the profession the best it can be.
Government Failing to Support Off-Mains Households Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
Government Failing to Support Off-Mains Households
Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham argues that the Government has failed households not connected to the mains gas supply. There are 3,000 of these properties in his own borough
Partner content
Environment
By Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
CIEH partners with Develop Training to offer new branded legionella assessments to employers and facilities managers.
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), is working with leading provider Develop Training to bring a new legionella assessment to employers, an assessment that meet the very high standards of the national Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF).
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Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Vet Futures roadshows – join the debate where you live
Vet Futures will be hitting the road over April, May and June with a series of regional events in which vets, veterinary nurses and other members of the practice team will be encouraged to give their views about where the profession is heading.
WWF calls on Osborne to drive the transition to a sustainable economy Partner content
Environment
By WWF
WWF calls on Osborne to drive the transition to a sustainable economy
WWF-UK calls on the Chancellor to drive the transition to a sustainable economy in tomorrow's Budget
Partner content
Environment
By Campaign to Protect Rural England
CPRE Pre-Budget Briefing
CPRE has published a summary of views on and hopes for the last Budget of the current parliament tomorrow. The Government has recently made a number of high-profile policy announcements on core CPRE issues such as brownfield housing zones and a cycling and walking strategy but there are hopes that the Government will look to introduce further measures before the election.
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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