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Food Prices Could Rise By Almost A Fifth This Autumn, Officials Believe
Food Prices Could Rise By Almost A Fifth This Autumn, Officials Believe
Environment
Exclusive: Food inflation could come close to 20% this year, some government officials believe, in the latest glimpse of the worsening cost-of-living crisis that awaits Boris Johnson's successor.
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
Rishi Sunak Urged To Drop Green Levy To Ease The Cost Of Living Crisis
Environment
Rishi Sunak Urged To Drop Green Levy To Ease The Cost Of Living Crisis
Government Accused Of 'Blind Optimism' Over Post-Brexit Farming Plans
Environment
Government Accused Of "Blind Optimism" Over Post-Brexit Farming Plans
The House Live
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
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
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
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Homes For Ukraine Scheme Faces A 'Crisis' As Quarter Of Hosts Plan To Quit
Homes For Ukraine Scheme Faces A "Crisis" As Quarter Of Hosts Plan To Quit
Communities
Labour Is Finally Preparing To Unveil Cost-Of-Living Policy Proposals As Energy Crisis Escalates
Labour Is Finally Preparing To Unveil Cost-Of-Living Policy Proposals As Energy Crisis Escalates
Economy
Money Expert Compares Energy Crisis Inaction To UK 'Watching European Hospital Beds Fill Up' With Covid
Money Expert Compares Energy Crisis Inaction To UK "Watching European Hospital Beds Fill Up" With Covid
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
Partner content
Environment
By Timber Packaging and Pallet Confederation (TIMCON)
FEFPEB Congress: European Wooden Pallet Manufacturing Shows Significant Growth
Production of timber pallets by European manufacturers has increased substantially over the last decade, the annual congress of the European Federation of Wooden Pallet and Packaging Manufacturers (FEFPEB) heard last month.
Partner content
Environment
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Green IT tops the agenda: Coca-Cola Enterprises becomes the first company to achieve LEC IT accreditation in Great Britain
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has reinforced its commitment to sustainability as part of its ongoing strategy to achieve industry leading efficiency across its operations by becoming the first company in Great Britainto achieve a Low Energy Company (LEC) IT accreditation
Adopt a real penguin this Christmas Partner content
Environment
By WWF
Adopt a real penguin this Christmas
Adopt a real Penguin with WWF as they celebrate their partnership with John Lewis over Christmas.
Gas 'not the long-term carbon solution' Partner content
Environment
By UK Energy Research Centre
Gas 'not the long-term carbon solution'
Gas has a short-term role to play in reducing carbon emissions but could become part of the problem, according to new research.
MPA awards celebrate health and safety champs Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
MPA awards celebrate health and safety champs
MPA’s Health and Safety Manager, Kevin Stevens, describes how their annual Health and Safety awards works towards their Zero Harm goal.
Ministers ‘must introduce new forestry bill’ Partner content
Environment
By Woodland Trust
Ministers ‘must introduce new forestry bill’
Legislation on the future of the public forests is still needed, according to the Woodland Trust.
Green energy ‘creates more jobs’ Partner content
Environment
By UK Energy Research Centre
Green energy ‘creates more jobs’
Renewable energy creates up to ten times more jobs than fossil fuels, according to new research.
Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
Calor Gas Signs Vision to Help Rural Households Take Control Of Their Energy Bills
Calors Managing Director, Stephen Rennie, was among the group of CEOs from influential businesses, charities and not-for-profit organisations who came together in London today to launch The Big Energy Vision a new long-term campaign to empower UK households to take control of their energy bills.
Partner content
Environment
By Crop Protection Association
It's time to put a fresh perspective on pesticides says CPA
It’s time to put a fresh perspective on the essential role pesticides play in safeguarding our food supply, protecting the environment and improving our way of life. That’s the message from the Crop Protection Association (CPA) in a new leaflet aimed at providing the public with an introduction to crop protection - explaining the benefits of pesticides and why they’re safe for consumers and the environment.
Partner content
Environment
By NOAH
Dawn Howard appointed as Chief Executive Officer for the National Office of Animal Health (NOAH)
The NOAH Board is delighted to announce that Dawn Howard will be taking over from Phil Sketchley as CEO from November 11th 2014.
Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
A missed opportunity: heating up the debate around off-grid energy
As the second phase of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) launches today (10th Dec), trade body UKLPG which represents the interests of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas industry is urging the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to review the role of LP Gas in delivering a cohesive off-grid heating strategy.
The Big Energy Debate Partner content
Environment
By Institution of Engineering and Technology
The Big Energy Debate
A panel of energy experts, including representatives from the IET and the NIA urged a future government to ensure there was policy stability around energy so that investors felt confident, and to engage with the public to change attitudes to energy providers, at a fringe event hosted by the Guardian.
Partner content
Environment
By Confederation of Paper Industries
Government Push for Weekly Refuse Collections: A Step in the Wrong Direction
Earlier this week, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), Eric Pickles, called on local authorities to prove their residents do not want weekly refuse collections.
Partner content
Environment
By Confederation of Paper Industries
Confederation of Paper Industries’ (CPI) stance on the future of waste composition and its influence on Energy from Waste (EfW)
CPI participated in a panel discussion at the RWM 2014 exhibition yesterday (17 September) which addressed the subject of ‘the future of waste composition and its influence on EfW’. Key questions posed to the panel included whether it is possible to predict what our waste streams of the future will look like, and can the UK get the right balance of capacity and waste. Some of the key points CPI sought to put across included the following:
Partner content
Environment
By Crop Protection Association
Calls on IUCN to publish the findings of the task force on systemic pesticides
The Crop Protection Association (CPA) has called on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to publish the findings of the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides (TFSP) so that their work can be subjected to appropriate levels of independent and objective scrutiny.
Partner content
Environment
By Crop Protection Association
Industry working together to safeguard the Crop Protection toolbox
The Crop Protection Association (CPA) and Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) have highlighted how important their new joint campaign with the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) will be to British farmers if they are to rise to the challenges, and opportunities, of growing global demand for food.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Bogus vet sought by police after failing to appear at court
A bogus vet who pleaded guilty to a number animal cruelty and fraud offences is being sought by Humberside Police after he failed to appear at court for sentencing.
Partner content
Environment
By Crop Protection Association
EFSA Report shows pesticide residue compliance rates above 97%
The Crop Protection Association (CPA) has welcomed the findings of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) annual report on Pesticide Residues in food, which has shown residue compliance rates above 97%.
Partner content
Environment
By Crop Protection Association
MP panel agrees - the next UK Government should work to boost agricultural productivity
The Crop Protection Association (CPA) has said that, despite a welcome consensus among UK politicians that the next UK Government should be working to boost agricultural productivity, it’s vital that more is done to persuade European politicians to adopt the same viewpoint.
VAT on green windows 'unfair' Partner content
Environment
By Glass and Glazing Federation
VAT on green windows 'unfair'
The industry body for the glazing industry has backed calls for a VAT cut from 20% to 5% on home improvement work.
A new strategy for the Veterinary regulator Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
A new strategy for the Veterinary regulator

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has published a strategy document setting out its objectives for the next three years.
Quarry biodiversity projects honoured Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
Quarry biodiversity projects honoured
A Government minister has praised the contribution of the quarrying industry to biodiversity.
Government scrapping pollution monitoring Partner content
Environment
By Clean Air in London
Government scrapping pollution monitoring
Government covered-up three legally-required smog warnings in the fortnight after launching a consultation proposing the scrapping of local monitoring by others.
Chancellor, back green motoring this Budget Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
Chancellor, back green motoring this Budget
Paul Blacklock from Calor Gas calls on the government to invest more in LPG and low emission fuels in the budget to boost growth and reduce the environmental impact of vehicle emissions.
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Unlocking the SCS Leeds
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Leeds
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Central London
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Online
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Online Safety Bill Briefing
2022
Online
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