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'No Danger' Droughts Will Cause Drinking Water Shortage, Senior Minister Promises
"No Danger" Droughts Will Cause Drinking Water Shortage, Senior Minister Promises
Environment
Exclusive: Cabinet minister Kit Malthouse has sought to reassure the public that drinking water will not run low in the coming weeks, but admitted that the drought and other crises means the UK faces a "challenging winter".
Price Of Bread, Cheese, Milk And Biscuits Is About To Soar
Environment
Price Of Bread, Cheese, Milk And Biscuits Is About To Soar
Food Prices Could Rise By Almost A Fifth This Autumn, Officials Believe
Environment
Food Prices Could Rise By Almost A Fifth This Autumn, Officials Believe
Struggling Government Staff Are Using Food Banks Due To Real Terms Pay Cuts
Environment
Struggling Government Staff Are Using Food Banks Due To Real Terms Pay Cuts
Calls For Water Company Bosses To Face Prison Over Sewage Pollution
Environment
Calls For Water Company Bosses To Face Prison Over Sewage Pollution
Chicken Will Get More Expensive In The UK After Putin's Ukraine Invasion
Environment
Chicken Will Get More Expensive In The UK After Putin's Ukraine Invasion
Minister Warns Storm Eunice Is 'Risk To Life And Limb' As People Urged To Stay At Home
Environment
Minister Warns Storm Eunice Is 'Risk To Life And Limb' As People Urged To Stay At Home
The House Live
Scotland is pressing on with a Deposit Return Scheme – England and Wales must do the same Partner content
Environment
By Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
Scotland is pressing on with a Deposit Return Scheme – England and Wales must do the same
Stepping Up To Level Up: Financing the Reinvention of Affordable Housing Partner content
Environment
By Legal & General
Stepping Up To Level Up: Financing the Reinvention of Affordable Housing
The next prime minister must maintain our place as a world leader in animal welfare
Environment
By Lorraine Platt
The next prime minister must maintain our place as a world leader in animal welfare
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'No Danger' Droughts Will Cause Drinking Water Shortage, Senior Minister Promises
"No Danger" Droughts Will Cause Drinking Water Shortage, Senior Minister Promises
Environment
Scotland is pressing on with a Deposit Return Scheme – England and Wales must do the same Partner content
Scotland is pressing on with a Deposit Return Scheme – England and Wales must do the same
By Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
Environment
Chancellor Hails 'Resilience Of UK Economy” Despite Fastest Pay Fall On Record
Chancellor Hails "Resilience Of UK Economy” Despite Fastest Pay Fall On Record
Economy
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The next prime minister must maintain our place as a world leader in animal welfare
Environment
By Lorraine Platt
The next prime minister must maintain our place as a world leader in animal welfare
Over the last four decades, the Conservative Party has time and again led the way in advancing animal welfare.
Why can't BEIS and the Treasury get on?
Environment
By Tom Sasse
Why can't BEIS and the Treasury get on?
At the heart of the government’s problems with the cost-of-living crisis is a rupture between the two departments charged with managing the economy. Is it just down to the personalities, or is there something deeper going on? Tom Sasse reports.
Shelf preservation society: major challenges await UK supply chains this year
Environment
By Adam Payne
Shelf preservation society: major challenges await UK supply chains this year
If Britain’s supermarkets are to remain well-stocked, the government must address the long-term challenges facing the supply chain. From labour shortages to Brexit bureaucracy, there are gaps in the system that puts food on the table, writes Adam Payne.
Environment news
CCEP launches Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Sustainability Roadshow Partner content
Environment
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
CCEP launches Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Sustainability Roadshow
Partner content
Environment
By Horticultural Trades Association
HTA urges next Prime Minister to prioritise industry
HTA Chairman James Barnes has written to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak as the final leadership candidates seeking to become Prime Minister.
Why forestry should be at the top of the next Prime Minister's agenda Partner content
Environment
By Confor
Why forestry should be at the top of the next Prime Minister's agenda
With the sector contributing more than £2 billion to the UK economy, forestry ticks all of the right boxes on the road to Net Zero.
Selaine Saxby: The next prime minister must level up our countryside to retain the trust of rural communities
Environment
By Selaine Saxby MP
Selaine Saxby: The next prime minister must level up our countryside to retain the trust of rural communities
The next Conservative Party leader needs to continue levelling up our country and expand the government's plans to include rural communities.
AD NET ZERO ANNOUNCES 2ND GLOBAL SUMMIT TO RUN NOVEMBER 9 & 10 Partner content
Environment
By Advertising Association
AD NET ZERO ANNOUNCES 2ND GLOBAL SUMMIT TO RUN NOVEMBER 9 & 10
Two-day online and in person event to champion positive change
in advertising’s role to help tackle the climate crisis

Free-to-attend for all advertising professionals
The next prime minister must get serious about tackling climate change
Environment
By Miriam Turner and Hugh Knowles
The next prime minister must get serious about tackling climate change
In the first head-to-head TV debate between prime ministerial hopefuls Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak on Monday evening, climate change got barely a look in.
Pumps and pragmatism – a decarbonisation policy which reflects the new reality Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
Pumps and pragmatism – a decarbonisation policy which reflects the new reality
As the UK seeks to bring about the transition to low carbon heating, it’s critical policymakers properly understand the diverse needs of the UK’s building stock and put technology inclusive policy levers in place to support all consumers.
Chris Sherwood: Celebrating two centuries of animal welfare law
Environment
By Chris Sherwood
Chris Sherwood: Celebrating two centuries of animal welfare law
Whenever I meet with MPs in Westminster, it's hard to not be struck by the history and splendour of Parliament.
Coca-Cola bottler partners with local businesses and charity to help regenerate Birmingham’s canals ahead of the Commonwealth Games Partner content
Environment
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Coca-Cola bottler partners with local businesses and charity to help regenerate Birmingham’s canals ahead of the Commonwealth Games
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) GB, the largest independent bottler of Coca-Cola globally, is partnering with the Canal & River Trust on an FMCG sector initiative to enhance areas along the Birmingham canal network ahead of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Lord Bridges: We'll all pay the price of a disorderly transition to net zero
Environment
By Lord Bridges
Lord Bridges: We'll all pay the price of a disorderly transition to net zero
Since 2021, energy prices have been rising sharply. Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has pushed prices higher still.
Coca-Cola announces trial of New Compact Freestyle® drinks dispenser in GB Partner content
Environment
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Coca-Cola announces trial of New Compact Freestyle® drinks dispenser in GB
New platform to tackle plastic waste gets political seal of approval Partner content
Environment
By Plastic policy @ Portsmouth
New platform to tackle plastic waste gets political seal of approval
The University of Portsmouth’s Global Plastics Policy Centre online platform aims to equip policymakers and the public with the tools to prevent plastic pollution.
Robert Largan: We must cut our use of biofuels to tackle rocketing global food prices
Environment
By Robert Largan MP
Robert Largan: We must cut our use of biofuels to tackle rocketing global food prices
The United Kingdom continued to lead the global response to Russia’s abhorrent invasion of Ukraine at the G7 summit last week.
Olivia Blake: The Climate and Ecology Bill will make us a world leader on climate action
Environment
By Olivia Blake MP
Olivia Blake: The Climate and Ecology Bill will make us a world leader on climate action
The need for the Climate and Ecology Bill couldn’t be more urgent. In a week when most Conservative leadership candidates have ranged from silent on climate issues, to being actively hostile against their own net zero policy, Friday’s second reading debate of the Bill in the Lords presents a timely opportunity to unite against the climate and ecological emergency.
Caroline Lucas: we are failing to heed nature's warning signs – the Tory leadership candidates must step up and address it
Environment
By Caroline Lucas MP
Caroline Lucas: we are failing to heed nature's warning signs – the Tory leadership candidates must step up and address it
It’s always important to heed the warning signs. In February, as the world’s eyes were rightly on the horrors unfolding in Eastern Europe, a major new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – which warned that our natural world is already starting to see irreversible damage – went almost unnoticed.
Why all building materials need to deliver on sustainability of supply and climate Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
Why all building materials need to deliver on sustainability of supply and climate
From net negative carbon concrete to UK-grown timber and sustainable steel, every material must play their part to deliver a net zero built environment by 2050.
Circular economy revolution around offshore wind could create 20,000 extra jobs Partner content
Environment
By Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Circular economy revolution around offshore wind could create 20,000 extra jobs
As offshore wind helps propel Scotland towards net zero, a new report highlights how a circular economy around the sector could slash carbon emissions by 34% and provide an extra 20,000 jobs across the UK that Scotland could capitalise on.
Stanley Johnson: we must ban keeping elephants captive in UK zoos
Environment
By Stanley Johnson
Stanley Johnson: we must ban keeping elephants captive in UK zoos
The world’s largest land animal, elephants are sentient, intelligent and socially complex beings. In my life I have been fortunate enough to observe them up close in the wild, and unfortunate enough to see them in cramped captivity.
Delivering an affordable net zero future for rural areas Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
Delivering an affordable net zero future for rural areas
Rural MPs agree that all solutions must be on the table to help off-grid households decarbonise.
Partner content
Environment
By Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult statement: CfD AR4 Offshore Wind
Statement from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult in response to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme Allocation Round 4 (AR4) and offshore wind.
We need a coherent approach to net zero – this must include nuclear Partner content
Environment
By Nuclear Industry Association
We need a coherent approach to net zero – this must include nuclear
Any clean energy strategy which doesn’t factor in nuclear fails to recognise the scale of the challenge we face.
African countries have a vital role in the fight against the climate crisis
Environment
By Lyn Brown MP
African countries have a vital role in the fight against the climate crisis
We all know that rapid heating of our climate poses a terrible and increasing threat to humanity, including our security and prosperity in the United Kingdom. But not enough attention is paid to the vital role African countries can play in stopping the impending disaster.
Future-Proofing Tomorrow’s Housing Against Future Shock Partner content
Environment
By Electrical Safety First
Future-Proofing Tomorrow’s Housing Against Future Shock
We must not compromise on safety as we become more reliant on electricity to achieve net zero.
How the Quadcopter Challenge is taking on sustainability Partner content
Environment
By Raytheon Technologies
How the Quadcopter Challenge is taking on sustainability
The United Kingdom-wide competition is taking off for its 7th year, against the backdrop of the race to net zero.
EventsAll
Unlocking the SCS Leeds
2022
Leeds
Unlocking the SCS Leeds
Women into Leadership London
2022
Central London
Women into Leadership London
Revitalising High Streets
2022
Online
Revitalising High Streets
Online Safety Bill Briefing
2022
Online
Online Safety Bill Briefing