Former Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael MP writes ahead of his Westminster Hall debate on ‘the policy framework for agriculture after the UK leaves the EU’.

The Campaign to Protect Rural England’s chief executive speaks to PoliticsHome about his new position and how this government is approaching the many environmental challenges which the UK faces.

With diesel pollution responsible for around 40,000 premature deaths each year, bold action on clean technology and green investment is needed now, writes Geraint Davies MP 

The far-reaching impact of Brexit on personal and professional lives, public policy and trade is creating a perfect storm that could result in a veterinary capacity crisis for the UK after its departure from the EU, said the British Veterinary Association (BVA) President at the organisation’s annual London dinner on Tuesday (30 January).

Neil Parish has spent long enough in politics to know that interest in the environment can be fleeting. But while the issue is in vogue, the chair of the Efra committee is determined to make it count. He talks to Sebastian Whale

The Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) has launched its inaugural Vet School Challenge, calling on students to come up with fun and imaginative ways to raise funds for the charity -  and be in with a chance to win tickets for the charity’s annual discussion forum in Westminster event.

The Environment Secretary has generated a lot of good headlines recently - but now he needs to match ambition with action, writes Mary Creagh

Calor Gas outlines its vision for how the government can achieve its decarbonisation plans in the countryside and address the challenge of rural fuel poverty.

Blue Cross has today written an open letter to Michael Gove to clarify Westminster’s position on a ban on electric shock collars for England following the decision by Scotland to outlaw the cruel and unnecessary devices.

Blue Cross is pleased to see the Scottish Government has listened to concerns over animal welfare and has now taken the decision to ban the use of “cruel and unnecessary” electric shock collars.

The British Plastics Federation Director General writes of the progress the industry has made to increase plastic recycling and calls on the government to work with the sector to increase the UK's potential in this area, whilst protecting the 170,000 UK jobs in the UK plastics industry.

Chair of the APPG for the Packaging Manufacturing Industry, Mark Pawsey MP, writes in support of the work the packaging & plastics industry has already done to reduce litter and to increase recycling.

Owners of energy inefficient homes could be forced to install green measures by the Government, if ministers take the advice of a select committee.

The British Plastics Federation is surprised by Iceland’s announcement. Plastic packaging is used because it vastly reduces food waste and is resource efficient. 

The 2018 edition of the NOAH Compendium of Data Sheets for Animal Medicines has been published and a free copy of the book posted to every veterinary practice in the UK.

Responding to Defra’s waste crime consultation issued today, CIWM has said the new powers and measures it proposes will be critical in fighting the growing tide of waste crime.

Environment officials will be handed new powers to close off access to illegal dumping sites as part of a clampdown on fly-tipping.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has today (12 January) confirmed that Avian Influenza of the H5N6 strain has been detected in 17 wild birds in Dorset. 

The Campaign to Protect Rural England’s Head of Government and Rural Affairs congratulates the Government on the size and scope of its 25 year plan to improve the environment but says more detail is needed to put these plans into action.

In the first major speech by a Prime Minister on the environment in 17 years, the Government has vowed to leave the environment in a better condition than inherited. 

Responding to the publication today of Defra’s 25-year Environment Plan, CIWM has said the momentum that is building behind the Government’s ambitions on waste and resource productivity is encouraging but warns that it will require more than words.

The UK plastics industry shares the objective of minimising plastics waste through maximising recycling. The calls for evidence provide an opportunity to bring about much-needed reform of the regulatory regime currently governing packaging recovery and recycling to nurture a full-blooded domestic recycling culture that is not dependent upon the export of waste for recycling overseas. 

Belinda Gordon, Head of Government and Rural Affairs at the Campaign to Protect Rural England said:

IKEA Food Services wants to have a positive impact on people, animals and the planet. IKEA Food has developed the Better Programmes to address and focus ambitions for more sustainable agriculture for all major animals in the IKEA food supply chain.