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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
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Greening the Nation 2024 Partner content
Environment
By Total Politics Impact
Greening the Nation 2024
UK’s race to net-zero threatened by shifting EV targets and infrastructure challenges
Environment
By Matt Western MP
UK’s race to net-zero threatened by shifting EV targets and infrastructure challenges
Real solutions for a climate-resilient future
Environment
By Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
Real solutions for a climate-resilient future
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Labour MP Calls For Electoral Reform After 'Most Disproportionate' General Election Result Ever
Labour MP Calls For Electoral Reform After "Most Disproportionate" General Election Result Ever
Political parties
Labour MPs Push For 'Healthier' Parliament By Tightening Alcohol Sales And Creating More Natural Light
Labour MPs Push For "Healthier" Parliament By Tightening Alcohol Sales And Creating More Natural Light
Parliament
The government must tackle distrust in politics – starting with our voting system
The government must tackle distrust in politics – starting with our voting system
By Alex Sobel MP
Political parties
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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.
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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.
Partner content
Environment
By Humane Society International UK
COP26’s lack of advocacy for livestock reduction is a ludicrous failure, says Humane Society International
We can’t tackle climate crisis without cutting intensive animal farming as world’s second largest human-caused GHG emitter
Let’s make Going Green easier: Our Net Zero ‘key facts’ guide Partner content
Environment
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Let’s make Going Green easier: Our Net Zero ‘key facts’ guide
It can often feel impossible trying to keep up with the latest technologies being talked about in the fight against climate change – that’s why we’ve created a one-stop resource to make going green easier.
COP26: Tackling Climate Change Together Partner content
Environment
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
COP26: Tackling Climate Change Together
COP26 has highlighted the widespread zeal and determination to tackle climate change. Now, we must find meaningful ways to work together to make a lasting impact.
Boris Johnson Issues Last Minute Plea For World Leaders To Fix The 'Mess Our Planet Is In' With Final COP26 Talks
Environment
Boris Johnson Issues Last Minute Plea For World Leaders To Fix The "Mess Our Planet Is In" With Final COP26 Talks
The prime minister has urged world leaders to “grasp the opportunity” to help solve climate change, and not “stand in the way” of a reaching a deal in the final days of COP26.
The Maldives Could Disappear If The World Does Not Act Quickly To Combat Climate Change
Environment
By Sabra Ibrahim Noordeen
The Maldives Could Disappear If The World Does Not Act Quickly To Combat Climate Change
Without a drastic cut in emissions, countries like the Maldives will not survive, the country's special envoy for climate change has warned.
Conservationists Say Boris Johnson's 'Build Back Beaver' Plans Must Go Beyond Punchlines
Environment
By John Johnston
Conservationists Say Boris Johnson's 'Build Back Beaver' Plans Must Go Beyond Punchlines
Boris Johnson wants to Build Back Beaver, but conservationists say the UK’s policy must go beyond punchlines if they want to stop a climate disaster.
Voters are demanding decisive action from government to deliver on the climate emergency
Environment
By Carla Denyer
Voters are demanding decisive action from government to deliver on the climate emergency
When it comes to the climate emergency, the public appears to be taking the lead. A recent large-scale survey of climate policy preferences revealed that a carbon tax, local government-co-ordinated public transport, and encouraging less meat and dairy consumption to be the most popular measures.
Great British sustainable food can help slash emissions
Environment
By Andrew Selous MP
Great British sustainable food can help slash emissions
Over the past two years, Britain’s supply chains have come under strain from multiple pressures, and we have also come to question the health and environmental credentials of our food - with the latter under the spotlight as world leaders gather at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
Partner content
Environment
By Railway Industry Association
Zero carbon trains at COP26 show UK green transport capability
On Transport Day at COP26, the Railway Industry Association (RIA) has highlighted the capability of the UK rail industry to deliver a green railway system for passengers, as two net zero trains welcome political and industry leaders in Glasgow.
Equality and human rights must be at the heart of discussions on climate change Partner content
Environment
By Equality and Human Rights Commission
Equality and human rights must be at the heart of discussions on climate change
We can no longer ignore the equality and human rights implications of climate change.
Climate change is already happening – we must tackle global climate risk and adapt
Environment
By Baroness Brown
Climate change is already happening – we must tackle global climate risk and adapt
As you read this, the eyes of the world are turning to Glasgow. Representatives from 195 nations are coming together at the COP26 climate summit to agree the next, crucial, steps to keeping global temperature rise to levels agreed in 2015 in Paris.
We cannot continue to allow people with disabilities to be overlooked in the fight against climate change
Environment
By Lisa Cameron MP
We cannot continue to allow people with disabilities to be overlooked in the fight against climate change
Last week, world leaders began to gather in Glasgow to discuss the future of our planet at the COP26 Summit. However, the future of our planet must be an accessible one where disabled people (quite literally) can get to the table.
EventsAll
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
Women into Leadership - Manchester
2024
Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel
Women into Leadership - Manchester
Unlocking Grade 7
2024
Online
Unlocking Grade 7