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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 Glass and Glazing Federation
GGF 'UK Infrastructure need more focus on energy efficiency'
The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) attended the UK Infrastructure Conference on the 3rd February at the Institute of Civil Engineers in Westminster and called for politicians and policy makers to put more emphasis on energy efficiency with regards to UK infrastructure construction projects.
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Environment
By Glass and Glazing Federation
GGF briefs MPs in Green Deal and Trading Standards Commons debate
Following a number of complaints regarding Green Deal providers, Chloe Smith MP raised the issue in a debate in the House of Commons. Prior to the debate the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) briefed Ms. Smith and other MPs on;
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Environment
By Glass and Glazing Federation
GGF calls for 'meaningful' incentives and review of energy eficiency schemes
The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) has called for a review and overhaul of the Governments energy efficient schemes following the latest Green Deal and ECO (Energy Company Obligation) statistics which show only 64 windows have been installed (under Green Deal) since the scheme started in 2013.
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Environment
By WWF
Improve the Budget to safeguard the UK’s economic future, says WWF-UK
A smarter approach to the UK's annual Budget, that takes account of the value of the natural environment and responds to global threats and opportunities from natural resource scarcity and climate change, would promote greater resilience and generate substantial benefits to the UK economy and businesses, WWF-UK claims today.
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Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
First EBLEX-sponsored Nuffield scholarship focuses on calf management
Veterinary welfare specialist Sophia Hepple has been confirmed as the first EBLEX-sponsored Nuffield scholar.
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Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Smaller markets help fuel beef export growth in 2014
Demand from smaller markets helped drive a six per cent growth in the volume of beef exports from the UK in 2014, according to EBLEX.
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA calls on Government to end non-stun slaughter on day of Parliamentary debate
The British Veterinary Association (BVA), supported by the RSPCA, calls on the Government to end non-stun slaughter on the day of a Parliamentary debate on an e-petition relating to ending non-stun slaughter to promote animal welfare.
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Environment
By Electrical Safety First
Electrical Safety First welcomes funding for product safety
Electrical Safety First is delighted that Jo Swinson, Minister for Consumer Affairs, has announced that an extra 400,000 is being made available to support Trading Standards stop dangerous goods being sold in the UK.
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA congratulates RCVS on new Royal Charter
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has warmly congratulated the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) as its new Royal Charter came into effect this week
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Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Debit cards now accepted for vet annual renewal fee payments
This year, for the first time, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) will be accepting debit card payments from veterinary surgeons who are renewing their registration.
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA welcomes Welsh Government’s clarification on timetable for dog microchipping
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) and its Welsh Branch welcome the announcement from Rebecca Evans, Deputy Minister for Farming and Food, that clarifies the Welsh Governments timetable for the introduction of compulsory microchipping for dogs in Wales
Consumers need action now on energy market
Environment
By Caroline Flint
Consumers need action now on energy market
After the Competition and Markets Authority found loyal customers were routinely being charged more by energy companies, Shadow Energy Secretary Caroline Flint says it is time for "radical action". 
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA responds to OV tender result in England
The Animal Plant and Health Agency (APHA) has today confirmed the award of contracts to five regional Delivery Partners in England to deliver bovine TB testing and other Official Veterinarian (OV) services.
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
New kids on the block? Vets issue ‘must-know’ facts on keeping goats as Chinese Year of the Goat starts
As Chinese New Year on Thursday (19 February 2015) ushers in the Year of the Goat, leading veterinary experts have issued some surprising facts and must-know advice to goat lovers and keepers in the UK.
Partner content
Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
Forest Research E.ON to lead ETI project on characterising UK grown bioenergy feedstocks
Forest Research E.ON chosen to deliver latest ETI bioenergy project Research project will investigate the variability of UK-produced biomassproperties Project involves the sampling and analysis of different types of UK-produced biomass
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Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
New Royal Charter comes into effect
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) new Royal Charter has come into effect today (Tuesday 17 February), meaning that the whole of the veterinary nursing profession in the UK is now regulated.
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Environment
By Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald study identifies need for new policies to address integration of variable renewables
A study by Mott MacDonald has concluded that new policies are required for the successful integration of variable renewable energy (VRE) technologies into markets and power systems. The study found that while many of these technologies can provide the additional benefit of promoting efficient markets, policy makers will need to tailor their interventions to suit their country specific factors.
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Environment
By Law Commission
The final day of the Triffids
New powers to eradicate damaging foreign plants and animals will soon come into effect after receiving Royal Assent.
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA welcomes Scottish Government review of exotic pet trade
The British Veterinary Association (BVA), together with its Scottish Branch and the British Veterinary Zoological Society (BVZS), has welcomed the Scottish Governments review of the exotic pet trade, announced by Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment.
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Britain bursting with unwanted pets – Discussion Forum looks at legislative loopholes
Loopholes in animal welfare legislation could be the cause of a rise in unwanted, neglected and sick animals, vets at the Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) annual Discussion Forum in June will claim.
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Environment
By Law Commission
A new approach to controlling invasive non-native plants and animals
New powers to control and eradicate invasive non-native plants and animals are introduced as the Infrastructure Act 2015 receives Royal Assent, giving effect to reforms recommended by the Law Commission.
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Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Charollais index updated to reduce days to slaughter
Signet Breeding Services has produced a new breeding index to improve the growth rates and the speed of finishing Charollais-sired lambs
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Environment
By British Gas
British Gas meets new energy efficiency target four months early, helping a third of a million households stay warm in winter
British Gas today confirmed it has met its first Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) target four months early, completing the work in December 2014, well ahead of the March 2015 deadline.
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Environment
By WWF
Party leaders join show the love campaign
Following a week where hundreds of thousands of people showed the love for all that could be lost to climate change, UK politicians from the three main political parties have also pledged their support.
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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