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Government Urged To Boost Support For Killing 'Menace' Grey Squirrels
Government Urged To Boost Support For Killing "Menace" Grey Squirrels
Environment
A group of Tory MPs are calling on the government to increase the grants provided to landowners to trap and cull grey squirrels, and further support other methods of squirrel population control to protect the "precious" native red squirrel.
Tory MP Urges People To 'Think Carefully' Before Buying Puppies
Environment
Tory MP Urges People To "Think Carefully" Before Buying Puppies
Environmental Leaders Are Confident About Labour's Green Agenda
Environment
Environmental Leaders Are Confident About Labour's Green Agenda
Rural Voters Feel Labour Doesn’t 'Get' Them, Says Shadow Environment Secretary
Environment
Rural Voters Feel Labour Doesn’t "Get" Them, Says Shadow Environment Secretary
Iceland Boss Accuses Rishi Sunak Of 'Neo-Trumpian' Climate Politics
Environment
Iceland Boss Accuses Rishi Sunak Of "Neo-Trumpian" Climate Politics
Environment Watchdog Has Financial Interest In Companies It Regulates
Environment
Environment Watchdog Has Financial Interest In Companies It Regulates
Lib Dems Are On Labour's Case To Make Water Companies Not-For-Profit Community Projects
Environment
Lib Dems Are On Labour's Case To Make Water Companies Not-For-Profit Community Projects
The House Live
Thames Water is collapsing – there’s only one way to save it
Environment
By Barry Gardiner MP
Thames Water is collapsing – there’s only one way to save it
Air pollution is hitting minority ethnic and low income communities hardest
Environment
By L'Myah Sherae and Lord Woolley
Air pollution is hitting minority ethnic and low income communities hardest
Ethical and sustainable conservation can’t be achieved with endangered animals in hunters’ cross-hairs Partner content
Environment
By Humane Society International UK
Ethical and sustainable conservation can’t be achieved with endangered animals in hunters’ cross-hairs
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Conservative MP Campaigning To Be Mayor Is Distancing Himself From Tarnished Tory Image
Conservative MP Campaigning To Be Mayor Is Distancing Himself From Tarnished Tory Image
Communities
New Football Law “Could Risk World Cup and Champions League Participation”
New Football Law “Could Risk World Cup and Champions League Participation”
Culture
Scrolls of Doom: Why Gen Z is shunning the church
Scrolls of Doom: Why Gen Z is shunning the church
By Harriet Symonds
Communities
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The Minette Batters interview: 'I’m fed up with agriculture being deemed low-skilled, low-paid'
Environment
By Tali Fraser
The Minette Batters interview: 'I’m fed up with agriculture being deemed low-skilled, low-paid'
Brexit thrust farmers into the centre of political debate for the first time in generations. Minette Batters tells Tali Fraser what it’s been like to be in the eye of the ‘tornado’
Steve Reed interview: 'There’s a definite perception Labour doesn’t get rural voters'
Environment
By Sienna Rodgers
Steve Reed interview: 'There’s a definite perception Labour doesn’t get rural voters'
Shadow Defra secretary Steve Reed talks to Sienna Rodgers about Labour’s drive to win back rural voters, how the party plans to show respect for the countryside, and his recipe for the perfect roast potato
Rural Voters Feel Labour Doesn’t 'Get' Them, Says Shadow Environment Secretary
Environment
Rural Voters Feel Labour Doesn’t "Get" Them, Says Shadow Environment Secretary
Rural voters feel the Labour Party does not "get" them, shadow environment, food and rural affairs secretary Steve Reed has said in an interview with The House magazine.
Environment news
Woods, trees and the 2015 Spending Review Partner content
Environment
By Woodland Trust
Woods, trees and the 2015 Spending Review
Head of Government Affairs at the Woodland Trust expresses concerns over 'eye-watering cuts' of 25 - 40% sought from ‘unprotected’ departments such as Defra & DECC in the Spending Review and calls for additional funding to go into UK woodland creation.
Partner content
Environment
By GMB
GMB call on MPs to force Government to halt plans for Chinese nuclear reactor in Essex linked to funding Hinkley and Sizewell
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority should be re-tasked and renamed the Nuclear Development Authority and be given authority to borrow money to partner EDF in Hinkley and Sizewell says GMB.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Vet Futures: How can we increase the number of veterinary nurses entering and staying within the profession? asks Vet Futures guest blogger
Where are all the veterinary nurses? is the opening gambit of the September 2015 Vet Futures guest blog, which examines the current undersupply of veterinary nurses in the industry and examines what more can be done to increase the number of students and retain experienced nurses.
Partner content
Environment
By Woodland Trust
New homes for wildlife at Bellsquarry Wood
Birds, bats and bugs are benefiting from brand new homes in Bellsquarry Wood in Livingston.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Conference spotlight on worldwide demand for beef and lamb
Increasing the global demand for beef and lamb will be the focus of this years AHDB Beef Lamb Annual Conference.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
AHDB Beef Lamb Acting Chair appointed
Gill Fine,theindependent member on the AHDB Beef Lamb Sector Board, hasbeen appointedas the Acting Chair with immediate effect.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Innovation key to boosting performance of “tasty” lamb
Consumers see lamb as the tastiest red meat available but only innovation in the sector is going to reinvigorate demand, new research suggests.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Campaign to protect title in focus at BVNA Congress
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) is asking the profession to help spread the word on its campaign to protect the title veterinary nurse at BVNA Congress 2015.
Partner content
Environment
By GMB
GMB welcome commitment of EDF Chairmanto build Hinkley Point C and Sizewell new nuclear low carbon power stations
Together these two new stations will power 10 million homes with low-carbon electricity while Hinkley will create 25,000 new job opportunities says GMB.
Change in law needed to tackle 'scandalous' level of food waste
Environment
By Kerry McCarthy MP
Change in law needed to tackle 'scandalous' level of food waste
Labour MP Kerry McCarthy calls for urgent action to tackle high levels of food waste ahead of the introduction of her Food Waste Reduction Ten Minute Rule Bill to Parliament next week  
Historical data holds secrets of one of the UK’s favourite fish Partner content
Environment
By University of Exeter
Historical data holds secrets of one of the UK’s favourite fish
The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science & the University of Exeter have released historic data from the 1930s - 1950s highlighting how cod stocks responded to environmental changes.  
Partner content
Environment
By GMB
GMB call of OFWAT to investigate Severn Trent water leakages amid concerns that 500 job cuts have led to depleted water stocks
STW increased the background consumption estimates by 20% in 12 months so OFWAT must investigate if this was to hide the true leakage position says GMB.
Partner content
Environment
By Campaign to Protect Rural England
Litter groups and businesses unite to call on Government to take a lead on litter
Major national litter groups and business organisations have today made a joint plea to Government to take a firm lead on litter.
Large parks ‘vital for cities’ success’ Partner content
Environment
By University of Exeter
Large parks ‘vital for cities’ success’
Large parks play a vital role in creating successful cities, according to new research led by the University of Exeter.
Partner content
Environment
By University of Exeter
Sea temperature changes linked to mystery North Pacific ecosystem shifts
Longer, less frequent climate fluctuations may be contributing to abrupt and unexplained ecosystem shifts in the North Pacific, according to a study by the University of Exeter.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Vets welcome consultations on new steps to tackle Bovine TB
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed todays announcement that Defra will consult on further steps to help tackle bovine TB as part of the Governments strategy to beat the disease.
Partner content
Environment
By Energy Saving Trust
Energy Saving Trust reaction to changes in solar energy subsidies
Philip Sellwood, Chief Executive, Energy Saving Trust comments on proposed changes to the feed-in tariff rate for standard solar PV installation.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Zoonotic infections threaten us like never before, world leading Doctor to tell Vets
Zoonotic infections threaten us like never before and a One Health, multidisciplinary approach - linking human, animal and environmental health - is needed to tackle the problem, world-leading expert Professor Tom Solomon will tell vets in September.
Fishermen discards could increase prevalence of turtle disease in the Turks and Caicos Islands Partner content
Environment
By University of Exeter
Fishermen discards could increase prevalence of turtle disease in the Turks and Caicos Islands
Fishermen in the Turks and Caicos Islands could be increasing the local prevalence of a disease that is affecting turtle populations worldwide, by selectively harvesting healthy creatures and throwing back infected animals.
Partner content
Environment
By British Gas
British Gas hires 200 smart meter apprentices
British Gas will hire up to 200 apprentices in smart metering, taking the total recruited to approximately 1,000 this year.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Wormer videos launched to challenge anthelmintic resistance
Sheep producers now have access to best practice worming advice with the launch of a new series of informative videos produced BY AHDB Beef Lamb.
Partner content
Environment
By Woodland Trust
A horse named Tarzan and axemen cause a stir at Newtonmore Folk Museum
A logging horse named Tarzan was a popular attraction at the Woodland Trust Scotlands Heavy Horses and Axemen event, held on Saturday 22 August at the Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA welcomes decision to retain ‘vital’ Omagh veterinary laboratory
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) and the British Veterinary Association Northern Ireland Branch have welcomed the decision of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) and the Agri-Food Biosciences Institute (AFBI) to retain a Veterinary Diagnostic Unit in Omagh, Co Tyrone.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
All creatures great and snarl? Two thirds of vets injured by pets in the last year
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is urging veterinary teams and pet owners to work together to improve safety in surgeries as new figures reveal that two-thirds (64%) of small animal vets have been injured in the course of their work in the last year.
EventsAll
After the election: what can the civil service expect from a new administration?
2024
Online
After the election: what can the civil service expect from a new administration?
The road to proactive government
2024
Online
The road to proactive government
Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
2024
Online
Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
Net Zero Week 2024
2024
Online
Net Zero Week 2024