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Labour Sticks To Its Guns On Inheritance Tax Despite Farmer Backlash
Labour Sticks To Its Guns On Inheritance Tax Despite Farmer Backlash
Environment
The Government is holding firm on changes to agricultural relief despite backlash from farmers facing inheritance tax for the first time.
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
Tory Leadership Candidates Warned Treating Net Zero Like A 'Burden' Is An 'Electoral Mistake'
Environment
Tory Leadership Candidates Warned Treating Net Zero Like A "Burden" Is An "Electoral Mistake"
'Truly Shocking' Analysis Shows National Parks Disproportionately Impacted By Sewage Spills
Environment
"Truly Shocking" Analysis Shows National Parks Disproportionately Impacted By Sewage Spills
Government's New GB Energy Will Partner With Crown Estate
Environment
Government's New GB Energy Will Partner With Crown Estate
New Lib Dem MP Rejects 'Binary' NIMBY VS YIMBY Debate
Environment
New Lib Dem MP Rejects "Binary" NIMBY VS YIMBY Debate
The House Live
Big tech backing nuclear is huge opportunity for Britain Partner content
Environment
By Nuclear Industry Association
Big tech backing nuclear is huge opportunity for Britain
Time is running out for a treaty to end plastic pollution – here’s why it matters Partner content
Environment
By Revolution Plastics Institute
Time is running out for a treaty to end plastic pollution – here’s why it matters
Accelerating a sustainable and resilient energy transition Partner content
Environment
By WSP
Accelerating a sustainable and resilient energy transition
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Who's Who In Kemi Badenoch's Inner Circle?
Who's Who In Kemi Badenoch's Inner Circle?
Political parties
Defence Secretary Says British Military Capabilities Are 'Just Not Good Enough'
Defence Secretary Says British Military Capabilities Are "Just Not Good Enough"
Defence
Kim Leadbeater On Assisted Dying: 'I Came Into Politics To Make A Difference'
Kim Leadbeater On Assisted Dying: "I Came Into Politics To Make A Difference"
Health
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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
Tory Leadership Candidates Warned Treating Net Zero Like A 'Burden' Is An 'Electoral Mistake'
Environment
Tory Leadership Candidates Warned Treating Net Zero Like A "Burden" Is An "Electoral Mistake"
Framing net zero as a “burden” was an “electoral mistake” for the Tories, according to the director of the Conservative Environment Network, who has urged the party to be more positive about the green agenda.
Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Environment
Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out 40 pieces of legislation the Labour Government will aim to deliver in his first King's Speech.
Environment news
Partner content
Environment
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Appoints New Head of Sustainability
Sam Jones will lead Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ (CCEP) sustainability work in GB
Government Faces Pressure To Ban Fatberg-Causing Plastic Wet Wipes
Environment
Government Faces Pressure To Ban Fatberg-Causing Plastic Wet Wipes
PoliticsHome is backing a campaign by leading think tank Bright Blue calling for plastics in wet wipes to be banned due the impact they have on waterways and wildlife.
We must change the seasonal workers scheme to help the UK meet its environmental ambitions Partner content
Environment
By Horticultural Trades Association
We must change the seasonal workers scheme to help the UK meet its environmental ambitions
It's time for Government to support British tree and plant growers by taking action on current labour shortages.
Refugee Charities Say Claim Safe Routes For Asylum Seekers Wouldn't Stop Criminal Gangs Is 'Political'
Environment
Refugee Charities Say Claim Safe Routes For Asylum Seekers Wouldn't Stop Criminal Gangs Is "Political"
There is no evidence that creating safe routes from France for asylum seekers would encourage criminal gangs to keep smuggling people across the Channel, charities have told PoliticsHome.
The growing appetite for alternative proteins
Environment
By Lord Sarfraz
The growing appetite for alternative proteins
From green hydrogen to clean steel, much of the talk at the Glasgow COP was around innovation in energy, and bringing exciting new technologies into the mainstream. This progress is commendable, but it does not complete the net-zero puzzle.
How we can make tidal power the UK’s next renewables success story - learn from experts and industry leaders Partner content
Environment
By Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
How we can make tidal power the UK’s next renewables success story - learn from experts and industry leaders
Amidst a Code Red Climate Emergency and power supply uncertainty, it’s time to support tidal power
A fair deal on fish quotas is essential for the future of many fishing businesses
Environment
By Luke Pollard MP
A fair deal on fish quotas is essential for the future of many fishing businesses
Fishing might have been misleadingly used as the Brexit poster industry, but the UK is experiencing the opposite of a coastal renaissance. That needs to change. Ministers aren't taking notice as things go from bad to worse for fishing – and they have no plan to help British fishers.
Watch on-demand – COP26: Triumph or Failure for Politics and Planet?
Environment
By Dods Events
Watch on-demand – COP26: Triumph or Failure for Politics and Planet?
This Dods Insights webinar brought together senior editorial staff from the Dods Group’s print and online media titles to examine the COP26 climate change summit.
The electric vehicle revolution is levelling up Britain’s manufacturing heartlands
Environment
By Mike Wood MP
The electric vehicle revolution is levelling up Britain’s manufacturing heartlands
Our government is helping to usher in an electric vehicle (EV) technological revolution. As I highlighted from the green benches in Parliament last week, advances in innovation are crucial to bringing EVs to the market for all, and firms like Westfield Sportscars in my constituency of Dudley South are paving the way.
Boris Johnson Gives Chaotic Speech To Business Leaders As Pressure Grows On Levelling Up
Environment
Boris Johnson Gives Chaotic Speech To Business Leaders As Pressure Grows On Levelling Up
Boris Johnson was under pressure to use his speech to the annual Confederation of British Industries (CBI) conference on Monday to define his plans to boost the UK economy — but he had more to say about Peppa Pig World than levelling up.
Partner content
Environment
By Chartered Institute of Building
CIOB holds net zero event with industry experts and UK government
On Thursday 18 November 2021, CIOB held a unique event bringing together experts from Government and the construction supply chain to look at how net zero can be delivered across the Midlands.
The politics of innovation have shifted – but Cabinet tensions are a barrier to unlocking the UK's potential
Environment
By George Dibb
The politics of innovation have shifted – but Cabinet tensions are a barrier to unlocking the UK's potential
The Conservative Party’s approach to innovation policy has dramatically shifted.
Partner content
Environment
By British Plastics Federation
BPF Net Zero Briefing: BPF Launches Net Zero Hub & Briefing Document For The Plastics Industry
Can The UK Achieve Five Key Net Zero Targets In The Next Decade?
Environment
Can The UK Achieve Five Key Net Zero Targets In The Next Decade?
More than 40 countries agreed to five ambitious targets at COP26 that aim to make clean technologies affordable and accessible worldwide by 2030.
People make transport: communities enabling greener travel Partner content
Environment
By Go-Ahead
People make transport: communities enabling greener travel
With COP26 dominating the headlines, Sustainable Transport Alliance hosted a panel event sponsored by the Go-Ahead Group and Transport Scotland to discuss why communities must be at the heart of green transport.
Partner content
Environment
By Lloyds Banking Group
Accelerating the take-up of electric vehicles
Decarbonising our road vehicles is absolutely vital in helping us reach a net zero economy.
COP26 is over, but we are still heading for catastrophic climate breakdown
Environment
By Caroline Lucas MP
COP26 is over, but we are still heading for catastrophic climate breakdown
COP26 had been billed as the most important climate summit ever, our last best chance to avert climate chaos and meet the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement. So how successful was it?
This silent killer must be tackled alongside climate change Partner content
Environment
By British Safety Council
This silent killer must be tackled alongside climate change
For two whole weeks, the world’s attention has been focused on Glasgow and the vital attempts to forge an agreement that can keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Alok Sharma Says China And India Will 'Have To Explain Themselves' After Watering Down COP26 Coal Commitments
Environment
Alok Sharma Says China And India Will "Have To Explain Themselves" After Watering Down COP26 Coal Commitments
COP26 President Alok Sharma has remarked that China and India “are going to have to explain themselves” to climate-vulnerable countries after the two states demanded a watering down of global commitments to ending coal use in the Glasgow climate pact.
Climate Activists Stage Mass COP26 Walkout Over 'Failed' Efforts From World Leaders
Environment
Climate Activists Stage Mass COP26 Walkout Over "Failed" Efforts From World Leaders
Hundreds of climate activists have left the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow over opposition to the latest version of the draft deal released on Friday.
Climate Experts Say COP26 Negotiations Are Unfair To Countries Most At Risk
Environment
Climate Experts Say COP26 Negotiations Are Unfair To Countries Most At Risk
Leading experts on climate change have raised questions over whether the COP26 Climate Summit, which is drawing to a close in Glasgow this weekend, is structurally fair to all participants despite every country involved being impacted by issues discussed.
Off-grid homes risk becoming guinea pigs in government decarbonisation policy
Environment
By OFTEC
Off-grid homes risk becoming guinea pigs in government decarbonisation policy
The long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy outlines profound changes coming to the way we heat our homes.
Natural Fur: delivering on the COP26 agenda, part of the climate change solution Partner content
Environment
By Frank Zilberkweit
Natural Fur: delivering on the COP26 agenda, part of the climate change solution
Ideology cannot get in the way of fighting climate change. If we're serious about achieving our Net Zero goals, then humanely produced natural fur must be considered part of the solution.
Boris Johnson Accused Of 'Skulking' Away From COP26 After Defending Corruption Allegations
Environment
Boris Johnson Accused Of "Skulking" Away From COP26 After Defending Corruption Allegations
Shadow energy secretary Ed Miliband accused Boris Johnson of a "dereliction of duty" as the COP26 talks enter their final days, after the Prime Minister made a whistlestop visit to Glasgow on Wednesday.
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Ethnic Minorities into Leadership
2024
De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership Awards
2024
The De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership Awards
A civil servant’s guide to getting AI projects off the ground
2024
Online
A civil servant’s guide to getting AI projects off the ground
PT Cyber Security Conference
2024
The Minster Building, Central London
PT Cyber Security Conference