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Labour Figures Grow Nervous About Net Zero After Reform Success
Labour Figures Grow Nervous About Net Zero After Reform Success
Environment
Labour MPs are growing increasingly nervous about the government’s approach to net zero following Reform’s sweeping success in the local and mayoral elections.
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
An official register of fire safety certificates will protect homeowners from bad actors
Environment
By Matt Western MP
An official register of fire safety certificates will protect homeowners from bad actors
Labour Figures Come Out Against Chancellor's 'Environmentally Illiterate' Plans
Environment
Labour Figures Come Out Against Chancellor's 'Environmentally Illiterate' Plans
Labour Sticks To Its Guns On Inheritance Tax Despite Farmer Backlash
Environment
Labour Sticks To Its Guns On Inheritance Tax Despite Farmer Backlash
Greens Urge Government To Rethink Tax On Farming
Environment
Greens Urge Government To Rethink Tax On Farming
Opinion
Rural notspots – why there's no phone signal in the countryside and how to fix it
Environment
By Simon Rockman
Rural notspots – why there's no phone signal in the countryside and how to fix it
Defra has lost its way
Environment
By Alistair Carmichael MP
Defra has lost its way
We cannot continue to take a flippant approach to how we feed the nation
Environment
By Baroness Batters
We cannot continue to take a flippant approach to how we feed the nation
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Labour Figures Grow Nervous About Net Zero After Reform Success
Labour Figures Grow Nervous About Net Zero After Reform Success
Environment
The Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act should cause no confusion – the judgment is a model of clarity
The Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act should cause no confusion – the judgment is a model of clarity
By Baroness Kishwer Falkner
Social affairs
Blue Labour's Jonathan Rutherford Is Helping No 10 Find Purpose, Energy And A Story To Tell
Blue Labour's Jonathan Rutherford Is Helping No 10 Find Purpose, Energy And A Story To Tell
Political parties
Local Elections 2025: Reform Soars As Tories And Labour Suffer Bruising Results
Local Elections 2025: Reform Soars As Tories And Labour Suffer Bruising Results
Communities
Keir Starmer Would Harm Labour’s Chances In Runcorn By-Election, Say Labour MPs
Keir Starmer Would Harm Labour’s Chances In Runcorn By-Election, Say Labour MPs
Political parties
Defeat in Runcorn was entirely avoidable – the Labour leadership must now change course
Defeat in Runcorn was entirely avoidable – the Labour leadership must now change course
By Richard Burgon MP
Political parties
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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
The spiders that ate Ebbsfleet
Environment
By Michael Dnes
The spiders that ate Ebbsfleet
As we – once again – await the unveiling of a host of proposed new towns, Michael Dnes tells the extraordinary cautionary tale of how an industrial wasteland in Kent just 17 minutes by high-speed train from central London remains a spiders’ paradise
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
Environment news
What does the nuclear industry want out of the CSR? Partner content
Environment
By Nuclear Industry Association
What does the nuclear industry want out of the CSR?
The Nuclear Industry Association calls on the Chancellor spell out how the nuclear energy sector will be affected by the Spending Review given the cost of nuclear decommissioning makes up 60% of the unprotected DECC budget.
4.5 million low income households across the UK are facing fuel poverty
Environment
By Drew Hendry MP
4.5 million low income households across the UK are facing fuel poverty
SNP MP Drew Hendry writes in advance of his debate on fuel poverty and calls on the Chancellor to spell out how the Government will reduce fuel poverty in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Adam Quinney appointed to AHDB Board with responsibility as Chair for Beef and Lamb
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has announced that Worcestershire farmer Adam Quinney has been appointed to its Board, with the additional responsibility of chairing its Beef Lamb Sector Board, with effect from 23 November 2015.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
New report celebrates sheep industry genetic progress
Genetic advances in the English sheep industry have been championed in a new report from AHDB Beef Lamb.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
The Hippest Celebration at London Vet Show
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) and Kennel Club joined together for a celebration at the London Vet Show today (19 November) to mark 50 years since the launch of the scheme to screen for hip dysplasia in dogs.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
RCVS launches new Practice Standards Scheme
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has today launched the new Practice Standards Scheme (PSS) to the veterinary and veterinary nursing professions, which is now open for applications for both practice accreditations and the brand new system of PSS awards.
Partner content
Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
ETI announces AECOM to lead a project to identify solutions to help reduce the costs of delivering district heat
The ETI is investing 500k in a Heat Infrastructure Development project which will be led by AECOM
Partner content
Environment
By Blue Cross
Blue Cross calls for tougher sentencing after pet theft increase
New figures reveal a sharp rise in thenumber of pets being stolen in the UK.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
The Bond is Back? Vets probe human-animal interactions at the London Vet Show
Dr John Bradshaw, renowned expert on human-animal interactions, will head discussions exploring the bond between humans and animals at the British Veterinary Association (BVA) Congress, part of London Vet Show (19 - 20 November) as new figures from BVA show vets top concerns about pets are rooted in owners misunderstanding of their animals needs.
Energy experts urge Amber Rudd to embrace variety after pro-gas speech Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Energy Technologies Institute
Energy experts urge Amber Rudd to embrace variety after pro-gas speech
Industry insiders call on the Energy Secretary to consider a variety of options in order to meet the UK’s energy goals, following a speech focussed on the introduction of new gas-fired power stations. 
Partner content
Environment
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Energy expert responds to Amber Rudd’s speech
Dr Simon Harrison, Chair of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Energy Policy Panel, said:
Partner content
Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
ETI Response to Amber Rudd speech
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has responded to a speech made today (18 November 2015) by Amber Rudd, Secretary of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Leading health organisations call for proper use of antibiotics
Leading human and animal health organisations the British Medical Association (BMA), British Dental Association (BDA), British Veterinary Association (BVA) and Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) - join forces for the first time to promote a One Health approach to ensure responsible guardianship of antibiotics and their proper public use this European Antibiotics Awareness Day (EAAD, 18 November 2015).
Partner content
Environment
By Nuclear Industry Association
NIA welcomes Government commitment to nuclear
Commenting on Amber Rudds speech on the Governments energy policy, Keith Parker, Chief Executive, Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), said:
Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Energy Secretary must focus on energy reduction to realise her objectives
Energy reduction is the most cost effective mechanism for delivering energy security, bringing down our energy bills and keeping the lights on for consumers across the UK.
MP urges fuel poverty victims to seek help Partner content
Environment
By Turn2us
MP urges fuel poverty victims to seek help
Co-Chair of the Fuel Poverty APPG, Rebecca Harris MP, welcomes a new report on the prevalence of fuel poverty in the UK by leading poverty charity, Turn2us. 
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Canadian market opens for beef exports
Canada has re-opened its market for imports of beef from the UK for the first time since 1996 as part of a deal covering 19 EU member states.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Sheep producers warned over worm risk this autumn
Sheep producers are being cautioned to watch out for gut worms in lambs, after research identified that internal parasites are still a common cause of deaths in the autumn.
Partner content
Environment
By Energy Saving Trust
How we help save energy in England
Creature comforts cost home owners 78 million
Government must recognise that homes are a vital part of our national infrastructure Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Government must recognise that homes are a vital part of our national infrastructure

Sarah Kostense-Winterton, Executive Director of MIMA (the trade body representing Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers) writes ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review and calls for government to make the energy efficiency of our homes an infrastructure priority.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Livestock producers sought to join progressive groups
AHDB Beef Lamb are looking for forward-thinking English producers to join their beef or sheep progressive groups.
Partner content
Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
ETI seeks partners for project to identify what needs to be done to enable deployment of small modular nuclear reactors in the UK
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is seeking partners for a project to provide a greater understanding of the activities that need to take place if small modular nuclear reactors are to be deployed in the UK.
Our Energy Trilemma
Environment
By Andrea Leadsom MP
Our Energy Trilemma
Energy Minister Angela Leadsom outlines the Government’s priorities for energy policy.
Low carbon heating ‘must be more appealing to customers,’ new report suggests Partner content
Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
Low carbon heating ‘must be more appealing to customers,’ new report suggests
Low carbon heating should improve heating experiences, be simpler to install and provide people with enhanced control, according to a new report by the Energy Technologies Institute.
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2025
Surveyor's House, 12 Great George Street, SW1P 3AD
Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
Starmer: One Year On
2025
Online
Starmer: One Year On
Net Zero Week 2025
2025
Virtual
Net Zero Week 2025