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Can Labour Fix England's Water Shortage Problem?
Can Labour Fix England's Water Shortage Problem?
Environment
England hasn’t built a new reservoir in more than 30 years but 10 are now promised – and even they may not be enough. Noah Vickers reports on the leaky plumbing – real and financial – draining the system
The Path to Net Zero: A special report to mark Net Zero Week 2025 Partner content
Environment
By Total Politics Impact
The Path to Net Zero: A special report to mark Net Zero Week 2025
Water Minister Emma Hardy: 'The Regulatory System Is Broken'
Environment
Water Minister Emma Hardy: "The Regulatory System Is Broken"
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Environment
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Labour Figures Grow Nervous About Net Zero After Reform Success
Environment
Labour Figures Grow Nervous About Net Zero After Reform Success
Labour MP Warns Planning Reforms Could Overwhelm Environment Regulator
Environment
Labour MP Warns Planning Reforms Could Overwhelm Environment Regulator
Victoria Atkins: I’ve Cross-Examined Gun-Toting Drug Lords – Labour MPs Don't Worry Me
Environment
Victoria Atkins: I’ve Cross-Examined Gun-Toting Drug Lords – Labour MPs Don't Worry Me
Opinion
Crate Britain: does Mummy pig deserve a prison break? Partner content
Environment
By Humane World for Animals UK
Crate Britain: does Mummy pig deserve a prison break?
Decarbonisation, growth, delivery? The Government’s recess report card Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
Decarbonisation, growth, delivery? The Government’s recess report card
The global treaty may lie in tatters, but the UK must continue to lead the fight against plastic pollution
Environment
By Rebecca Pow
The global treaty may lie in tatters, but the UK must continue to lead the fight against plastic pollution
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Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference ##sash##
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
Parliament's People Awards ##sash##
Parliament's People Awards
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference ##sash##
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Home Office Eyes More Restrictions On International Student Visas
Home Office Eyes More Restrictions On International Student Visas
Education
Darren Jones To Run No 10 Delivery As Keir Starmer Shakes Up His Top Team
Darren Jones To Run No 10 Delivery As Keir Starmer Shakes Up His Top Team
Political parties
Blue Labour Peer Urges Keir Starmer To Drop Plans For Islamophobia Definition
Blue Labour Peer Urges Keir Starmer To Drop Plans For Islamophobia Definition
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Water Minister Emma Hardy: 'The Regulatory System Is Broken'
Environment
Water Minister Emma Hardy: "The Regulatory System Is Broken"
With water now a top political issue in Britain, Sienna Rodgers talks to Defra minister Emma Hardy who says regulation of the industry is ‘broken’ – and warns companies, ‘there’s no room to hide’
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Environment
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Over a decade ago, the government decided to place many of England and Wales’ inland waterways in the hands of the Canal & River Trust. As it struggles with increasing financial pressure and a furious row with part of the boating community, has the experiment failed? Alan White investigates. Illustrations by Tracy Worrall
Victoria Atkins: I’ve Cross-Examined Gun-Toting Drug Lords – Labour MPs Don't Worry Me
Environment
Victoria Atkins: I’ve Cross-Examined Gun-Toting Drug Lords – Labour MPs Don't Worry Me
Sienna Rodgers talks to shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins who aims her fire at ‘City Steve’, ‘showman’ Nigel Farage and the government’s ‘Marxist’ policy on compulsory purchase
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA and BVNA response to Defra statement about campaign to protect the title Veterinary Nurse

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) and British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) have been actively supporting the RCVS' campaign to protect the title Veterinary Nurse.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Impact of Free Trade Agreements on livestock sector in focus at AHDB Outlook Conference
The impact of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on the livestock sectors global competitiveness will be in the spotlight next month.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Exports vital role for sheep meat sector
A two-pronged approach to developing global market opportunities will remain crucial for the sheep meat sector in 2016 and beyond, according to AHDB Beef Lamb.
New law will help Vets to reunite owners with missing pets Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
New law will help Vets to reunite owners with missing pets
With fewer than 100 days to go until microchipping becomes compulsory for all dogs in England, Scotland and Wales, the British Veterinary Association is urging dog owners to get their pets chipped.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
RCVS responds to Defra statement on its ‘protect the VN title’ petition

In August 2015, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) launched a petition asking the Government to protect the title ‘veterinary nurse’ by legally restricting it to registered veterinary nurses (RVNs), therefore making it an offence for unqualified and unregistered laypeople to refer to themselves as a veterinary nurse.
Partner content
Environment
By Policy Connect
Cutting costs and saving resources is an issue now relevant to every link in the supply chain reports the All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group
The All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group (APSRG) is launching its latest publication Link to Link: Driving Resource Efficiency across Supply Chains on 9th February in Parliament.
Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
Calor calls for LPG support to save lives in London
It is disgraceful that the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) hourly legal limit for the whole of 2016, has already been breached, just 8 days into the New Year, as reported by Clean Air in London.
Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
Christina Rees MP Visits Calor Gas Neath
Neath MP Christina Rees has visited her local Calor Gas depot in Aberdulais, to discover how the company has been preparing for winter and how it intends to keep its customers warm in the face of extreme weather conditions.
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA welcomes Defra capital spend on laboratory improvements

Speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference yesterday Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss announced £65 million capital spend earmarked for laboratory improvements and upgrading the bio-containment facilities at Weybridge. Commenting, BVA President Sean Wensley said:
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
New appointment bolsters AHDB Beef Lamb’s communications team
The communication of AHDB Beef Lambs research and development and knowledge exchange activity has been given a boost thanks to the appointment of a new technical communications officer.
Partner content
Environment
By Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
CIWM kick-starts 2016 with a year-long waste crime campaign
With the financial and environmental cost of waste crime continuing to escalate, CIWM has launched a co-ordinated 12 month campaign with the announcement today that it will be contributing almost 50k to a major initiative designed to raise business awareness of Duty of Care.
Gov’t backed UK 'fair trade' brand will support UK farmers
Environment
By Derek Thomas MP
Gov’t backed UK 'fair trade' brand will support UK farmers
Derek Thomas MP calls for the Government to provide clear information to help consumers support British farmers.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Think chips for your New Year’s Resolution, urge vets
With less than 100 days to go until microchipping becomes compulsory for all dogs in England, Scotland and Wales (6 April), the British Veterinary Association (BVA) are urging dog owners to make it a New Years Resolution to get their canine companions chipped.
Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
Converting London Black Cabs to LPGAutogas will deliver air quality benefits as well as saving cabbies money
Air pollution is responsible for the deaths of an estimated 29,000 people each year in the UK, with the majority of harmful emissions stemming from road transport.
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Environment
By Calor Gas
LPG autogas – a practical and affordable solution to the UK’s air quality crisis
Air pollution is responsible for the deaths of an estimated 29,000 people each year in the UK, with the majority of harmful emissions stemming from road transport.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
RCVS Council member made Commander of the Order of the British Empire
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) is congratulating RCVS Council member and Chief Veterinary Officer Professor Nigel Gibbens, who has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Years Honours list for 2016.
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA President congratulates UK’s CVO and BVA member Nigel Gibbens on CBE
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) sent warm congratulations today (31 December) to the UKs Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) and BVA member, Nigel Gibbens, on being awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to the veterinary profession and animal welfare.
Is protecting UK wildlife important to the Government or not? Partner content
Environment
By World Animal Protection
Is protecting UK wildlife important to the Government or not?
Wildlife crime is crime, and the UK public want our wildlife protected from it, says World Animal Protection .
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Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Lamb retail sales remain healthy
Sales of lamb in October and November were up eight per cent by volume, according to the latest 12-week figures.
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
British Veterinary Association urges innovation in capturing disease data
9 in 10 production animal vets now conduct their own post-mortems (PMs) following the closure of some laboratories in the APHA surveillance network, reveal figures from the British Veterinary Associations (BVA) Voice of the Veterinary Profession survey published today, prompting BVA to call for innovation in capturing PM data.
Partner content
Environment
By Woodland Trust
Warm weather means Santa Claus may have to mow his lawn this Christmas* (*if he lived in the UK)
Forget presents and turkey, homeowners in the UK are more likely than ever to be mowing their lawn this Christmas according to records added to the Woodland Trusts Natures Calendar survey.
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Environment
By NOAH
Animal medicines sector responds to Lord O’Neill on Antimicrobials in Agriculture Report
The UK, European and global animal medicines sector associations have joined forces to respond to Lord ONeills recent Report on Antimicrobials in Agriculture, through a letter and expert critique of his Report.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA welcomes Defra consultation on dog breeding
Responding to the announcement of a Defra consultation on dog breeding license controls on 20 December 2015, British Veterinary Association President Sean Wensley said:
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Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Rodent control hub to help with new rules
A free, self-study training course on rodent control is now available for farmers via an industry online hub, Rodent Control on Farms.
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Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
2025
Bayview Suite 2
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
2025
Room 4A and 4B
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
Total Politics at the Conservative Party Conference
2025
Derby Suite
Total Politics at the Conservative Party Conference
Parliament's People Awards
2026
The Palace of Westminster
Parliament's People Awards