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Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Environment
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out 40 pieces of legislation the Labour Government will aim to deliver in his first King's Speech.
MPs Urge Ofwat To Act As Water Bills Rise While Shareholder Dividends Continue
Environment
MPs Urge Ofwat To Act As Water Bills Rise While Shareholder Dividends Continue
Most Likely Lib Dem Wins Are In Places Worst Affected By Sewage Spills
Environment
Most Likely Lib Dem Wins Are In Places Worst Affected By Sewage Spills
Effluent Is Turning The Affluent Green
Environment
Effluent Is Turning The Affluent Green
Protesters Disrupt David Lammy's Speech On Tackling Dirty Money
Environment
Protesters Disrupt David Lammy's Speech On Tackling Dirty Money
Time to break down the barriers stalling water efficient housing Partner content
Environment
By Chartered Institute of Building
Time to break down the barriers stalling water efficient housing
Government Urged To Boost Support For Killing 'Menace' Grey Squirrels
Environment
Government Urged To Boost Support For Killing "Menace" Grey Squirrels
The House Live
Cutting electricity bills to boost net-zero Partner content
Environment
By The MCS Foundation
Cutting electricity bills to boost net-zero
Prioritise progress on a deposit return scheme to start delivering on the Green Prosperity Plan Partner content
Environment
By Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
Prioritise progress on a deposit return scheme to start delivering on the Green Prosperity Plan
A gas distribution network preparing for the energy transition Partner content
Environment
By Cadent
A gas distribution network preparing for the energy transition
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Veteran Tory Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More 'Transparent' To Stop 'Fibbing And Skulduggery'
Veteran Tory Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More "Transparent" To Stop "Fibbing And Skulduggery"
Political parties
Tory MPs Pressured To Declare Leadership Bids By Next Week
Tory MPs Pressured To Declare Leadership Bids By Next Week
Political parties
Sharon Hodgson’s Betty Boothroyd-Inspired Deputy Speaker Bid
Sharon Hodgson’s Betty Boothroyd-Inspired Deputy Speaker Bid
Political parties
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The Minette Batters interview: 'I’m fed up with agriculture being deemed low-skilled, low-paid'
Environment
By Tali Fraser
The Minette Batters interview: 'I’m fed up with agriculture being deemed low-skilled, low-paid'
Brexit thrust farmers into the centre of political debate for the first time in generations. Minette Batters tells Tali Fraser what it’s been like to be in the eye of the ‘tornado’
Steve Reed interview: 'There’s a definite perception Labour doesn’t get rural voters'
Environment
By Sienna Rodgers
Steve Reed interview: 'There’s a definite perception Labour doesn’t get rural voters'
Shadow Defra secretary Steve Reed talks to Sienna Rodgers about Labour’s drive to win back rural voters, how the party plans to show respect for the countryside, and his recipe for the perfect roast potato
Rural Voters Feel Labour Doesn’t 'Get' Them, Says Shadow Environment Secretary
Environment
Rural Voters Feel Labour Doesn’t "Get" Them, Says Shadow Environment Secretary
Rural voters feel the Labour Party does not "get" them, shadow environment, food and rural affairs secretary Steve Reed has said in an interview with The House magazine.
Environment news
One of the most energy inefficient in Europe, the UK's housing stock needs retrofitting to meet Net Zero
Environment
By Lord Teverson
One of the most energy inefficient in Europe, the UK's housing stock needs retrofitting to meet Net Zero
The two twin challenges, climate change and bio-diversity loss, can provide a credible route to economic renaissance. Upgrading the energy efficiency of our housing stock should be at the core of that new beginning.
The energy sector can power a sustainable, green recovery. Here’s how Partner content
Coronavirus
By Energy UK
The energy sector can power a sustainable, green recovery. Here’s how
Big ambitious infrastructure programmes to upgrade our housing, decarbonise transport and create a modern flexible energy system, along with the development of industrial clusters based around new low carbon technologies, will provide exactly the scale of economic stimulus we need.
Environment
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
We need a national retrofit programme to deliver our 2050 goals
All housing in the UK must have zero carbon emissions from space and water heating.
The Scottish Government is wrong to include glass bottles in its proposed Deposit Return Scheme. Here's why Partner content
Environment
By British Glass
The Scottish Government is wrong to include glass bottles in its proposed Deposit Return Scheme. Here's why
The decision by the Scottish Government will be to the future detriment of our environment, not to mention the future of glass packaging, impact on consumers, and the viability of local authority recycling collections.
Environment
By Blue Cross
Blue Cross welcomes stricter animal cruelty sentences and asks when will England and Wales follow suit?
Blue Cross today welcomes the strengthening of sentencing for animal cruelty crimes in Scotland to five years.
The Environment Bill is a unique opportunity to adopt world-leading rules to tackle deforestation
Coronavirus
By Oliver Heald MP
The Environment Bill is a unique opportunity to adopt world-leading rules to tackle deforestation
We must step up our efforts to protect natural habitats around the world.
In the House of Lords, the Agriculture Bill is creating rebellion and dissent on a large scale
Environment
By Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
In the House of Lords, the Agriculture Bill is creating rebellion and dissent on a large scale
The Conservative manifesto was clear on maintaining existing standards and that greenlights a rebellion by peers.
Oxford to Cambridge Arc: a chance for housebuilding to support a green recovery by protecting and restoring nature Partner content
Coronavirus
By Woodland Trust
Oxford to Cambridge Arc: a chance for housebuilding to support a green recovery by protecting and restoring nature
Some of the UK’s leading nature conservation charities have produced a blueprint for how plans for up to a million new homes can include nature to create happier and healthier communities for people and wildlife.
What might a green recovery from Covid-19 look like?
Coronavirus
By Dods Monitoring
What might a green recovery from Covid-19 look like?
The term ‘green recovery’ has gained increasing traction as the economic fallout from Covid-19 has become apparent. As the economy entered a slump, there were increasing pressures from campaigners, think tanks, Whitehall and now even royalty (Prince Charles) for the Government to prioritise low carbon solutions in the UK’s economic recovery.
Coronavirus should accelerate action on animal cruelty - not delay it further
Coronavirus
By Luke Pollard MP
Coronavirus should accelerate action on animal cruelty - not delay it further
Increasing prison sentences for animal cruelty from six months to five years could save the lives of animals and prevent unspeakable suffering.
Inside the big Tory row over food standards as Boris Johnson eyes post-Brexit trade deals
Environment
By Sebastian Whale
Inside the big Tory row over food standards as Boris Johnson eyes post-Brexit trade deals
The debate over chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef has had a distinctly 19th Century feel to it, with combatants split into two camps: free traders and so-called protectionists. As Britain embarks on a new future as a free trading nation, which side will prevail? Sebastian Whale reports
We must take climate justice seriously, time is running out
Coronavirus
By Anna McMorrin MP
We must take climate justice seriously, time is running out
The great injustice is that they are the ones that suffer the most and yet are the least responsible. We are in a race against time and unless we take climate justice seriously, we will be doing the world a great disservice.
Coronavirus
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
As we strive to recover from the effects of Covid-19 on our economy, it gives us an important opportunity to do things differently.
The IET have responded to Wera Hobhouse's article on The House Live.
We must start acting now to protect the environment
Coronavirus
By Wera Hobhouse MP
We must start acting now to protect the environment
In the midst of the unfolding Covid-19 crisis, World Environment Day 2020 offers us a unique moment to reflect our world.
Environment
By Blue Cross
National pet charity Blue Cross comment on death of Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury's puppy Mr Chai
The current laws do not go far enough to protect pets and people.
Protecting public health and the environment: addressing the dual crisis of PPE
Coronavirus
By Dods Monitoring
Protecting public health and the environment: addressing the dual crisis of PPE
We have the opportunity to solve two problems together: reducing the environmental impact of PPE whilst ensuring that public health is not threatened by a continued “hand to mouth” dependence on single-use PPE.
The UK must build an economy that is cleaner and more resilient Partner content
Coronavirus
By SSE
The UK must build an economy that is cleaner and more resilient
Although not as immediately felt as those from coronavirus, the impacts from a failure to deal with climate change could be even greater.
Ministers are ignoring the political reality of post-Brexit fisheries negotiations
Coronavirus
By Lord Teverson
Ministers are ignoring the political reality of post-Brexit fisheries negotiations
Thus far the Government hasn’t acknowledged the political reality of the fisheries challenge. An exclusive deal for our fishing fleets may not be a good deal for the rest of the economy, or indeed for the fishing sector itself.
Environment Secretary urges furloughed Brits to ‘play their part’ in fruit-picking - as website crashes
Coronavirus
Environment Secretary urges furloughed Brits to ‘play their part’ in fruit-picking - as website crashes
The Environment Secretary has issued a fresh plea for furloughed workers to “play their part” by filling foreign labour shortages as Britain’s harvest season approaches.
Coronavirus
By British Veterinary Association
BVA and AVS issue warning over unpaid veterinary work
Veterinary practices should not be exploiting recruitment fears by offering unpaid or voluntary veterinary roles, according to the British Veterinary Association (BVA) and the Association of Veterinary Students (AVS).
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Vets and animal welfare charities issue Dogs Die in Hot Cars reminder as temperatures soar across England
With the Government easing some driving restrictions and a heatwave sweeping across England ahead of the Bank Holiday, vets are reminding pet owners not to leave their dogs in a car even for a short time.
Now is the right time for bold and ambitious climate leadership Partner content
Coronavirus
By IKEA
Now is the right time for bold and ambitious climate leadership
While the Covid-19 pandemic represents the biggest immediate threat to our way of life today, it is crucial that we don't lose sight of the existential threat of the climate emergency.
Coronavirus
By Environmental Services Association
Waste industry thanks British public for Covid-19 response
Thank you for helping us maintain your recycling and waste services
Environment
By Environmental Services Association
SESA ready to work with Scottish DRS to ensure its success
The Scottish Environmental Services Association (SESA) has said that it is ready to work with the administrator of the new Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in Scotland, to ensure that it successfully delivers for the environment, after a scheme was approved by the Scottish Parliament yesterday (13 May).
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