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Tory Leadership Candidates Warned Treating Net Zero Like A 'Burden' Is An 'Electoral Mistake'
Tory Leadership Candidates Warned Treating Net Zero Like A "Burden" Is An "Electoral Mistake"
Environment
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.
'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
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
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
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Budget needs to support mission-critical industries for growth and decarbonisation Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
Budget needs to support mission-critical industries for growth and decarbonisation
Introducing a UK DRS: let’s make it easier for consumers Partner content
Environment
By Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
Introducing a UK DRS: let’s make it easier for consumers
Offshore wind must not disrupt our fishing industry
Environment
By Anna Gelderd MP
Offshore wind must not disrupt our fishing industry
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'Old Right' Group Labour First Launches New Parliamentary Network
'Old Right' Group Labour First Launches New Parliamentary Network
Political parties
Growing Frustration Among Labour MPs That Government's Israel Position Isn't Working
Growing Frustration Among Labour MPs That Government's Israel Position Isn't Working
Foreign affairs
Why addressing gender equality is key to meeting our net-zero ambitions Partner content
Why addressing gender equality is key to meeting our net-zero ambitions
By WSP
Social affairs
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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
Budget needs to support mission-critical industries for growth and decarbonisation Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
Budget needs to support mission-critical industries for growth and decarbonisation
Throughout its first three months in office, the new Government has focused on its “five missions for national renewal”, which were a key plank of Labour’s general election campaign.

Next week, Rachel Reeves has the chance to accelerate the Government’s delivery of two of those missions: kickstarting economic growth, and making Britain a clean energy superpower.
Introducing a UK DRS: let’s make it easier for consumers Partner content
Environment
By Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
Introducing a UK DRS: let’s make it easier for consumers
After years of delay, we are pleased to see rapid progress is being made to deliver the UK’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), with the new government committed to the scheme going live by October 2027.
Partner content
Environment
By National Federation of Builders
Government is right to review environmental policies.
Offshore wind must not disrupt our fishing industry
Environment
By Anna Gelderd MP
Offshore wind must not disrupt our fishing industry
For too long, the United Kingdom has relied on others for energy. But under this government we are on the verge of an energy revolution, charging forward with renewables.
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
Researching a New Future for Plastics Policy Partner content
Environment
By Revolution Plastics Institute
Researching a New Future for Plastics Policy
With a legally binding global treaty to address plastic pollution on the horizon, what are the potential risks and opportunities for the UK? PoliticsHome sat down with Professor Steve Fletcher, Director of the Revolution Plastics Institute at the University of Portsmouth and UKRI Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) UK Plastic Pollution Agenda Setting Fellow, to learn how world-class research can position the UK as a global leader in the future of plastics.
Partnership could be the making of Great British Energy (Efficiency) Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Partnership could be the making of Great British Energy (Efficiency)
The Labour government’s collaboration with our industry is the key ingredient for the successful delivery of the Warm Homes Plan.
Labour: when will we see a timetable for change? Partner content
Environment
By League Against Cruel Sports
Labour: when will we see a timetable for change?
Chris Luffingham, acting Chief Executive of the League Against Cruel Sports, says the time for change is now, but asks if not now, then when?
Environmental horticulture: the growth policy solution Partner content
Environment
By Horticultural Trades Association
Environmental horticulture: the growth policy solution
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) calls on government to harness UK’s environmental horticulture industry for growth
Minister informed of challenges and concerns of grower’s peat-free journey Partner content
Environment
By Horticultural Trades Association
Minister informed of challenges and concerns of grower’s peat-free journey
Last week, McLaren’s Nurseries in Glasgow, Scotland, hosted a visit and tour for the Agriculture Minister, Jim Fairlie MSP, at a crucial time for the professional horticulture sector.
How technology and innovation are enabling the energy transition Partner content
Environment
By Net Zero Technology Centre
How technology and innovation are enabling the energy transition
Myrtle Dawes, CEO of the Net Zero Technology Centre, explains how her not-for-profit organisation is helping to accelerate the energy transition to net-zero through cutting-edge technology.
It’s time to put our water back into public hands
Environment
By Adrian Ramsay
It’s time to put our water back into public hands
It is billpayers who have financed all of the capital expenditure since privatisation
Cheaper, greener, healthier and richer: the benefits of harnessing technology to decarbonise housing Partner content
Environment
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Cheaper, greener, healthier and richer: the benefits of harnessing technology to decarbonise housing
By providing funding certainty and supporting an engineering workforce that can harness digital technologies to decarbonise existing and future housing stock, the government can lower energy bills, reduce carbon emissions, boost health and grow the economy.
Time to act on precision breeding to drive innovation and growth Partner content
Environment
By Bayer
Time to act on precision breeding to drive innovation and growth
Scientific and industry leaders are urging ministers in the new Labour government to act quickly and decisively in bringing forward the secondary legislation needed to implement the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 in England.
The new UK government can chart an alternative way forward for green finance - academic Partner content
Environment
By Policy@Manchester
The new UK government can chart an alternative way forward for green finance - academic
The new UK government should focus on investing public resources in green infrastructure rather than incentivising private green finance through derisking, a University of Manchester expert has argued.
Partner content
Environment
By Humane Society International UK
Charity calls Government-backed ‘eat more red meat’ campaign ‘reckless self-sabotage on Labour’s national health and climate policy ambitions’
Humane Society International/UK calls on the Government to conduct an urgent review of the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board’s goals and spending priorities.
New research defines the challenge of woodland restoration Partner content
Environment
By Policy@Manchester
New research defines the challenge of woodland restoration
The challenge of creating new woodland in the UK is daunting, but new research from The University of Manchester concludes that policymakers should “prioritise woodland creation protocols aimed at nature recovery and tailored to the context of restoration rather than simply based on opportunistic land acquisition.”
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.
Parliament can make Britain a clean energy superpower – it must embrace the challenge
Environment
By Luke Murphy
Parliament can make Britain a clean energy superpower – it must embrace the challenge
Lifting the ban on onshore wind, approving new solar farms and ending support for the Cumbrian coal mine: all down payments to put Britain on the path to becoming a clean energy superpower.
More certainty is needed for horticultural businesses to plan for tree and hedging production, MP told Partner content
Environment
By Horticultural Trades Association
More certainty is needed for horticultural businesses to plan for tree and hedging production, MP told
This week, Heathwood Nurseries in Whitchurch, Shropshire, hosted their local Member of Parliament, Helen Morgan, alongside supplier Forestart and the Horticultural Trades Association. They provided a comprehensive tour of the Nursery and production site, showcasing their dedication and passion for their work.
We cannot just rely on Thames Water to get itself out of this mess
Environment
By Barry Gardiner MP
We cannot just rely on Thames Water to get itself out of this mess
Both Thames Water and Ofwat tell us that Thames can get itself out of the mess it is in. But a lot of what we have been told by the company has been wrong: they told us that their shareholders would inject more capital, and at the Select Committee in 2023 they didn’t know the quantum of their own debt, or its terms – staggering for a company in financial trouble.
It’s time for less talk, more action on infrastructure Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
It’s time for less talk, more action on infrastructure
Major infrastructure projects can power economic growth, but for years, projects have been subject to delays, cutbacks, and cancellations. The new Government should take a fresh approach.
'Truly Shocking' Analysis Shows National Parks Disproportionately Impacted By Sewage Spills
Environment
"Truly Shocking" Analysis Shows National Parks Disproportionately Impacted By Sewage Spills
Untreated sewage was spilled into the UK’s National Parks 95 times each day last year in what have been called "truly shocking" findings.
England bans public use of inhumane rodent glue traps but animal charity warns consumers against accidental law breaking, as traps still available for purchase in shops Partner content
Environment
By Humane Society International UK
England bans public use of inhumane rodent glue traps but animal charity warns consumers against accidental law breaking, as traps still available for purchase in shops
Consumers could unwittingly break new law banning glue traps, says Humane Society International/UK
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2024
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Ethnic Minorities into Leadership
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De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms
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Ethnic Minorities into Leadership Awards
2024
The De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms
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PT Cyber Security Conference
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The Minster Building, Central London
PT Cyber Security Conference