BVA President, Daniella Dos Santos, calls on all parties to keep up the pressure and give the "crucial principle" of animal sentience it's final push into law.

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed findings from the 2018 UK Veterinary Antibiotic Resistance and Sales Surveillance Report (VARSS), published today (29 October 2019) by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD).

Not all plastics are created equal and it is important that we distinguish between high-value plastics, which can be easily and readily recycled through the mature infrastructure currently in place, and single-use or low grade plastics which all-too-often leak out of the recycling system to litter the natural environment, says Jacob Hayler,  Executive Director of the Environmental Services Association (ESA).

We must fight plastic pollution and take responsibility for the waste we produce, starting with a fundamental shift away from all single-use food and drink packaging, writes Neil Parish MP. 

Responding to Darren Jones MP, ESA  welcomes robust enforcement by the Environment Agency because consistent, effective, regulatory action will help drive poor performance out of our sector.

Waste management companies slipping standards in the storing of waste are having horrendous consequences for local residents, writes Darren Jones MP.

The Parliamentary Pension Fund is investing millions in fossil fuel companies. In government, Labour will say “no more” to fossil fuel companies, says Rebecca Long-Bailey MP. 

The Government has been criticised after a probe into its fracking policy found that despite costs racking up, ministers do not know how much shale gas can be extracted.

Having made a name for himself on the backbenches as a committed ecological campaigner, Zac Goldsmith now finds himself sitting around the Cabinet table. As Extinction Rebellion gathers around Westminster, does the minister for environment and international development have more in common with those on the streets than his government colleagues?  He talks to Anoosh Chakelian

Food retailers must find eco-friendly alternatives to plastic packaging if we’re to fight pollution and meet our environmental obligations, writes Anne Main MP

BVA makes a series of recommendations on accreditation and regulation of allied professions and calls for clear and accessible information to be made available to support veterinary decision-making.

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Concerns have been raised by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that the Government does not monitor whether statements made under the Modern Slavery Act comply with the legislation, writes Dods Monitoring's Andy Frain. 

Our policy-making is stuck in a rut of short-termism. Lord Bird’s Future Generations Bill will help tackle the climate emergency as well as being good politics, explains the IPPR’s Joshua Emden 

Labour has blasted police for imposing a ban on Extinction Rebellion protesters calling it a “grotesque overreaction and extremely worrying attack on basic civil liberties”.

Our environment is the bedrock of our quality of life. It needs to be healthy, resilient and sustainable. The Environment Bill certainly has the scope to deliver that if sufficient resources are made available for those delivering on the front line and making sure we’re delivering on the ambition, says the Woodland Trust.

A new watchdog will ensure ministers are "held to account" if they fail to live up to the UK's climate commitments under plans being unveiled in a new Environment Bill.

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed proposals set out in today’s (14 October) Queen’s Speech that would see animal sentience finally being embedded in UK legislation.

Government must provide visionary leadership on the environment, says Hege Saebjornsen, Sustainability Manager at IKEA. 

The Environment Bill, if designed properly, will also help to protect new investment made by the environmental services sector, says Jacob Hayler, Executive Director at ESA. 

Cat owners could have to microchip their pets under government plans to clamp down on the number that go missing.

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has responded today (Friday 11 October) to a study by Downs et al assessing the effects from four years of badger culling in England on the incidence of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle.

Urban policy-makers must stop ignoring the voices of people living in rural communities and introduce a place-based rural strategy that recognises the diversity of rural economies with specific challenges and priorities, writes Lord Foster.

Boris Johnson has dismissed the Extinction Rebellion protestors taking to the streets of London as "uncooperative crusties".