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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
Rural voters are trusting Labour again – we must not let them down
Environment
By Keir Mather MP
Rural voters are trusting Labour again – we must not let them down
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
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Tories Are Hopeful Rishi Sunak Can Swerve Local Elections Backlash From MPs
Tories Are Hopeful Rishi Sunak Can Swerve Local Elections Backlash From MPs
Political parties
The Professor Will See You Now: Potholes
The Professor Will See You Now: Potholes
By Professor Philip Cowley
Communities
Labour Says Its Plan To Nationalise The Railways Will Save Over £2bn A Year In Waste
Labour Says Its Plan To Nationalise The Railways Will Save Over £2bn A Year In Waste
Transport
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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
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
RCVS news: ADR trial nearing completion with two-thirds of cases referred
The alternative dispute resolution (ADR) trial launched by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) at the end of last year is now nearing completion with over two-thirds of its target number of cases either resolved or in process.
Partner content
Environment
By Glass and Glazing Federation
GGF reacts to Green Deal funding announcement
The Government announced last week that there will be no further funding to the Green Deal Finance Company, in a move to protect taxpayers.
Partner content
Environment
By University of Exeter
Free online therapy for depression offered as part of exciting new research trial
Researchers from the University of Exeter have launched a large-scale research study to improve understanding of treatments that are currently offered to people with depression. The aim of the trial is to develop stronger, more effective and more widely available treatments.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
RCVS congratulates international veterinary nurses on exam success
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has congratulated eight international veterinary nurses after they passed examinations allowing them to join the Register.
Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association reaction to the Government's Green Deal announcement
Amber Rudd has announced that the Government will stop any future funding to the Green Deal Finance Company, in effect scrapping the Green Deal and the Government will concentrate on working with the building industry and consumer groups on a new value-for-money approach.
Partner content
Environment
By Glass and Glazing Federation
GGF react to Green Deal funding decision
The Government announced last week that there will be no further funding to the Green Deal Finance Company, in a move to protect taxpayers.
Partner content
Environment
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Coca-Cola Enterprises brings recycling element to its ‘Happiness Pod’ summer tour
In a bid to boost recycling among consumers, Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd (CCE) has announced that this summers Coca-Cola Happiness Pod tour will be supported by an awareness initiative developed in partnership with Every Can Counts.
Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
BMAPA Publishes Regional Brochures on Geological Evolution of Local Coastlines
The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association has been working in partnership to produce a series of regional brochures to describe the geological evolution of local coastlines.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
New video highlights benefits of the Professional Development Phase
The benefits of the Professional Development Phase (PDP) and the support it provides for new veterinary graduates have been highlighted in a new video produced by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS).
Partner content
Environment
By Federation of Master Builders
Demise of Green Deal leaves energy efficiency vacuum, warns FMB
The Government must set out a clear vision for what will replace the Green Deal following an announcement that the scheme has effectively been scrapped, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
Partner content
Environment
By Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
Further departmental budgets will impact on the waste and resource management sector, warns CIWM
Although they were expected, CIWM has expressed concern about the Chancellor's announcement yesterday of further budget cuts of up to 40% to unprotected government departments and the impact these could have on the waste and resource management industry.
Partner content
Environment
By Policy Connect
Policy Connect Announces re-launch of the All-Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group
Partner content
Environment
By Campaign to Protect Rural England
Government move to scrap zero carbon homes plan is huge missed opportunity
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) was extremely disappointed to learn that the Government has decided to scrap plans to make sure all new homes (by 2016) and non-domestic buildings (by 2019) are carbon neutral.
Partner content
Environment
By British Gas
British Gas transforms thousands of homes in Solihull with £25 million scheme
Thousands of people in Solihull now have warmer and more energy efficient homes, after a 25 million project was completed by British Gas and Solihull Community Housing.
Partner content
Environment
By Innovate UK
British energy firms turning the tides with Canada
Five British companies are celebrating today after they have received grant funding from the Governments innovation experts at Innovate UK to develop tidal energy projects with Canadian businesses and universities.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
AHDB Beef Lamb publishes latest yearbook
The latest AHDB Cattle and Sheep Yearbook has been published giving a summary of full-year production levels in the UK along with a range of other industry statistics.
Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
MPA Calls for More Effective Safeguarding of Mineral Resources, Wharves, Rail Depots and Added Value Activities
Minerals are the biggest material flow in the UK economy it is essential to safeguard them and their means of their supply, so that they can be supplied responsibly in years to come in a way which supports sustainable development.
Safety is an 'afterthought' for Tory fracking ambitions
Environment
By Caroline Flint
Safety is an 'afterthought' for Tory fracking ambitions
Caroline Flint MP rails against the 'Government u-turn' on fracking regulations, saying the UK should not go ahead with shale gas extraction until it can do so at the lowest possible risk to environment and public health.
Partner content
Environment
By Woodland Trust
Government defines Protected Areas for shale developments -Woodland Trust responds
With this, the Government has, yet again, ignored the need to better protect ancient woodland by refusing to name it as part of protected areas where fracking will not be allowed to take place, says Woodland Trust
Partner content
Environment
By Woodland Trust
Government defines areas excluded from fracking - and doesn't include ancient woodland
Areas to be excluded from underground fracking activities have been set out by the Government today, through draft regulations that define the protected areas in which fracking will be prohibited.
Concrete Gravity Foundations UK manufactured, cost-effective solution for Offshore Wind Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
Concrete Gravity Foundations UK manufactured, cost-effective solution for Offshore Wind
A number of independent reports have stated that there are significant benefits to be gained from using concrete gravity bases; in construction, installation and in use.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Over 800 RVNs asked to submit their CPD records
Last week the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) wrote to more than 800 registered veterinary nurses asking them to submit their continuing professional development (CPD) records in order to monitor compliance with their professional obligation to undertake CPD.
Partner content
Environment
By British Gas
British Gas to cut gas prices by 5%
British Gas is to reduce household gas prices by 5%, cutting annual energy bills on average by 35.
Partner content
Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Beefing up cattle genetic selection
AHDB Beef Lamb is seeking to recruit commercial beef units to take part in a landmark project to drive forward the genetic selection of beef cattle for feed use efficiency.
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The road to proactive government
2024
Online
The road to proactive government
Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
2024
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Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
Net Zero Week 2024
2024
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Net Zero Week 2024