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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
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
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
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
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Environment
By University of Exeter
Greenland’s ice sheet plumbing system revealed
Pioneering new research sheds light on the impact of climate change on subglacial lakes found under the Greenland ice sheet.
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
British Veterinary Association condemns puppy farm neglect
Following the BBC Watchdog expos of shocking animal welfare standards at the Bradford puppy farm, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) is urging the Government and pet owners to take action.
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Environment
By Woodland Trust
Big improvements unveiled at Butterdean Wood in East Lothian
Sculptures of a Celtic wild boar and a billy witch are among a series of improvements made to the Woodland Trust Scotlands Butterdean Wood in East Lothian.
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Environment
By University of Exeter
Manage family farms like football clubs to survive in tough world market
Failure to manage succession is putting the future of British farms at risk, warns Professor Matt Lobley, Co-Director of the Centre for Rural Policy Research, at University of Exeter.
UK has opportunity to be ‘the place’ for nuclear technology – former Energy Minister Partner content
Environment
By Nuclear Industry Association
UK has opportunity to be ‘the place’ for nuclear technology – former Energy Minister
MPs and peers discussed Britain’s nuclear industry and the economics of Hinkley Point at a packed Conservative conference fringe event, hosted by Bright Blue and the Nuclear Industry Association. ​
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Environment
By Woodland Trust
Picture a glorious explosion of colour, and give it your vote
An unassuming section of land in Coleraine is in the running for a vibrant transformation, thanks to the efforts of a consortium of local community groups.
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Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
New nuclear plants can form a major part of an affordable low carbon transition, with a role for both large nuclear and Small Modular Reactors, according to a new report from the ETI
New nuclear plants can form a major part of an affordable low carbon transition, with both large nuclear and small modular reactors (SMRs) potentially playing a role, but a strategic approach to reactor siting and effective public consultation will be important to determine the extent of their deployment , according to a new report published by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
Green and affordable? Tories discuss the future of UK Energy policy Partner content
Environment
By British Gas
Green and affordable? Tories discuss the future of UK Energy policy
Conservative MP James Heappey addressed concerns over spending cuts affecting the renewable energy sector at a Conservative conference fringe meeting sponsored by British Gas. 
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Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
ETI appoints partners for a project to refine estimates of available UK land that could be used for growing biomass
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has announced that a group led by ADAS, which includes E4tech, RDI Associates, Crops for Energy and Imperial College Consultants, will work on its new project to refine current estimates of available UK land that can be used for the production of crops and forestry for bioenergy.
Organisations must work together to save Britain’s landscape, Environment Minister says Partner content
Environment
By Campaign to Protect Rural England
Organisations must work together to save Britain’s landscape, Environment Minister says
Environment Minister Rory Stewart yesterday urged leading advocates for environmental protection to work together to safeguard the future of Britain’s landscape. 
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA unveils full Congress programme for London Vet Show 2015
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) unveils its full programme for BVA Congress 2015, which will run during London Vet Show at the Olympia Grand on 19-20 November, with the hot topics of the human-animal bond, veterinary education, global imperatives, professionalism and wellbeing taking centre stage.
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Environment
By Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health appoints new Chief Executive
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has appointed a new Chief Executive after Graham Jukes OBE CFCIEH announced he was standing down earlier this year.
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Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Quality Standard Mark lamb to hit premium retail shelves in Hong Kong
Home-produced lamb will next month compete with New Zealand and Australia for a greater slice of the consumer market in Hong Kong and Macau.
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Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Casino hits the jackpot with home grown beef and lamb
Quality Standard Mark (QSM) beef and lamb has come up trumps after the UKs largest chain of casinos has committed to using it in its restaurants.
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Environment
By AHDB Beef and Lamb
Team GB pipped to victory in the ultimate butchers challenge
New Zealand have successfully defended their title as the ultimate butchery team after narrowly beating Team GB in the Tri-Nations Butchers Challenge.
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
British vets working to end rabies
New figures revealed by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control ahead of World Rabies Day (28 September) show that almost 60,000 people a year die from rabies, with 60 per cent of all rabies deaths in children under 15 years old.
‘Emissions scandal requires immediate action‘ - industry experts Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
‘Emissions scandal requires immediate action‘ - industry experts
Automotive LPG offers immediate solution to emissions scandal, says Rob Shuttleworth, Chief Executive of LP Gas trade association UKLPG.
Government urged to back new energy efficiency proposals and tackle fuel poverty Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Government urged to back new energy efficiency proposals and tackle fuel poverty
A new report by influential think tank ResPublica outlining crucial energy efficiency schemes, must be taken seriously by policy makers, the Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association has said.
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
BVA Members’ Day – outgoing President says all vets must shape the future as vets’ achievements are celebrated and Sean Wensley starts year as President
John Blackwell today concluded his year as British Veterinary Association (BVA) President with his final Presidential Address at BVA Members Day, in which he said that young vets are the future of the profession but all veterinary surgeons must drive change and shape a future in which the profession continues to be trusted and valued. John will continue on the Officer team as Senior Vice President.
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Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Our homes are Our Infrastructure
The Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association urges the Energy Secretary Amber Rudd to build an energy efficiency system that works for the long term based upon new findings published today.
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Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
New Energy Efficiency policy can deliver better homes and better lives
The Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association urges the Government to embrace the policy recommendations outlined in a ground breaking new report from Respublica After the Green Deal: Empowering people and places to improve their homes and commit to investing in delivering better homes and better lives.
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Environment
By Blue Cross
Blue Cross welcomes government inquiry into greyhound racing
Leading pet charity Blue Cross welcomes news from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee that it is to launch an inquiry into the welfare of greyhounds used for racing.
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Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
Using sustainable biomass as an energy source could reduce the cost of meeting the UK’s 2050 carbon targets but energy and agricultural policies need to be joined up – ETI report
Using sustainable biomass as a source of energy could reduce the cost of meeting the UKs 2050 carbon targets by more than 1% of GDP helping to make low carbon energy more affordable for consumers and businesses, according to new report from the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
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Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Unique vet film to premiere at BVA Members’ Day
Today the British Veterinary Association (BVA) and ITN Productions release a 2-minute preview of Veterinary View, a first-of-its-kind programme celebrating vets and the veterinary profession that will premiere in full at BVAs annual Members Day in Edinburgh on Thursday (24 September).
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Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
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