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Labour MP Warns Planning Reforms Could Overwhelm Environment Regulator
Labour MP Warns Planning Reforms Could Overwhelm Environment Regulator
Environment
A Labour MP has raised concern about the feasibility of a key plank of the government's planning reforms.
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
Committee Chair Says Finding Money For Climate Goals Will Be Biggest Challenge For COP29
Environment
Committee Chair Says Finding Money For Climate Goals Will Be Biggest Challenge For COP29
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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Former Defence Minister Says Homes Must Stockpile Candles, Radios And Iodine Tablets To Prepare For Attacks
Former Defence Minister Says Homes Must Stockpile Candles, Radios And Iodine Tablets To Prepare For Attacks
Communities
Labour Figures Fear More Gaza Independent Gains At The Local Elections
Labour Figures Fear More Gaza Independent Gains At The Local Elections
Political parties
It’s time to consider stockpiling – a grey-zone attack on the UK is likely
It’s time to consider stockpiling – a grey-zone attack on the UK is likely
By Tobias Ellwood
Defence
Tories Criticise 'Outrageous' Choice Of Football Regulator Chair Who Donated £75,000 To Labour MPs In Two Years
Tories Criticise "Outrageous" Choice Of Football Regulator Chair Who Donated £75,000 To Labour MPs In Two Years
Culture
Reform Is The Common Enemy In The Unpredictable Race For Hull And East Yorkshire Mayor
Reform Is The Common Enemy In The Unpredictable Race For Hull And East Yorkshire Mayor
Political parties
Recipes for Disaster: Kemi's steak
Recipes for Disaster: Kemi's steak
By Robert Hutton
Parliament
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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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Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
New Royal Charter to come into effect next year
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) new Royal Charter is due to come into effect early next year once it has been signed by Her Majesty the Queen and received the Great Seal of the Realm
Partner content
Environment
By WWF
UN climate talks fail to deliver progress - WWF comment
Scotland and others must now deliver on their climate change commitments
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Mind Matters: new veterinary mental health and wellbeing initiative launched
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has today launched the Mind Matters Initiative, to help address mental health and wellbeing issues within the veterinary profession.
Restoring damaged landscapes key to UK flood and climate change response Partner content
Environment
By University of Exeter
Restoring damaged landscapes key to UK flood and climate change response
Associate Professor of Earth Surface Processes at the University of Exeter, Prof Richard Brazier says we need "holistic policy-making with real, long-term vision" to reduce risks from flooding this winter.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Veterinary nurses reminded to pay overdue fees
Veterinary nurses who wish to remain on the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Register/List of Veterinary Nurses are reminded that their renewal fees need to be paid to the College by 31 December 2014.
Partner content
Environment
By Campaign to Protect Rural England
Countryside groups unite to issue the Rural Challenge
With the autumn statement due to announce a roads revolution and a focus on fracking, the priorities of rural communities risk being sidelined, says Lord Robin Teverson, Chair of the Rural Coalition.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Open Day for potential recruits to RCVS statutory committees
On Monday 15 December the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) will be hosting an Open Day for those members of the veterinary and veterinary nursing professions who are interested in joining the Colleges Preliminary Investigation Committee (PIC), Disciplinary Committee (DC) or Veterinary Nurse Preliminary Investigation Committee (VN PIC).
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
RCVS publishes social media guidance for vets and vet nurses
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has recently published new guidance for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses on the use of social media and online forums.
Partner content
Environment
By Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
New fitness to practise guidance for veterinary students published
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has published a guide for veterinary students which aims to introduce them to the concept of fitness to practise and help prepare them for professional life.
Partner content
Environment
By Timber Packaging and Pallet Confederation (TIMCON)
FEFPEB Congress: European Wooden Pallet Manufacturing Shows Significant Growth
Production of timber pallets by European manufacturers has increased substantially over the last decade, the annual congress of the European Federation of Wooden Pallet and Packaging Manufacturers (FEFPEB) heard last month.
Partner content
Environment
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Green IT tops the agenda: Coca-Cola Enterprises becomes the first company to achieve LEC IT accreditation in Great Britain
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has reinforced its commitment to sustainability as part of its ongoing strategy to achieve industry leading efficiency across its operations by becoming the first company in Great Britainto achieve a Low Energy Company (LEC) IT accreditation
Adopt a real penguin this Christmas Partner content
Environment
By WWF
Adopt a real penguin this Christmas
Adopt a real Penguin with WWF as they celebrate their partnership with John Lewis over Christmas.
Gas 'not the long-term carbon solution' Partner content
Environment
By UK Energy Research Centre
Gas 'not the long-term carbon solution'
Gas has a short-term role to play in reducing carbon emissions but could become part of the problem, according to new research.
MPA awards celebrate health and safety champs Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
MPA awards celebrate health and safety champs
MPA’s Health and Safety Manager, Kevin Stevens, describes how their annual Health and Safety awards works towards their Zero Harm goal.
Ministers ‘must introduce new forestry bill’ Partner content
Environment
By Woodland Trust
Ministers ‘must introduce new forestry bill’
Legislation on the future of the public forests is still needed, according to the Woodland Trust.
Green energy ‘creates more jobs’ Partner content
Environment
By UK Energy Research Centre
Green energy ‘creates more jobs’
Renewable energy creates up to ten times more jobs than fossil fuels, according to new research.
Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
Calor Gas Signs Vision to Help Rural Households Take Control Of Their Energy Bills
Calors Managing Director, Stephen Rennie, was among the group of CEOs from influential businesses, charities and not-for-profit organisations who came together in London today to launch The Big Energy Vision a new long-term campaign to empower UK households to take control of their energy bills.
Partner content
Environment
By Crop Protection Association
It's time to put a fresh perspective on pesticides says CPA
It’s time to put a fresh perspective on the essential role pesticides play in safeguarding our food supply, protecting the environment and improving our way of life. That’s the message from the Crop Protection Association (CPA) in a new leaflet aimed at providing the public with an introduction to crop protection - explaining the benefits of pesticides and why they’re safe for consumers and the environment.
Partner content
Environment
By NOAH
Dawn Howard appointed as Chief Executive Officer for the National Office of Animal Health (NOAH)
The NOAH Board is delighted to announce that Dawn Howard will be taking over from Phil Sketchley as CEO from November 11th 2014.
Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
A missed opportunity: heating up the debate around off-grid energy
As the second phase of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) launches today (10th Dec), trade body UKLPG which represents the interests of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas industry is urging the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to review the role of LP Gas in delivering a cohesive off-grid heating strategy.
The Big Energy Debate Partner content
Environment
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
The Big Energy Debate
A panel of energy experts, including representatives from the IET and the NIA urged a future government to ensure there was policy stability around energy so that investors felt confident, and to engage with the public to change attitudes to energy providers, at a fringe event hosted by the Guardian.
Partner content
Environment
By Confederation of Paper Industries
Government Push for Weekly Refuse Collections: A Step in the Wrong Direction
Earlier this week, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), Eric Pickles, called on local authorities to prove their residents do not want weekly refuse collections.
Partner content
Environment
By Confederation of Paper Industries
Confederation of Paper Industries’ (CPI) stance on the future of waste composition and its influence on Energy from Waste (EfW)
CPI participated in a panel discussion at the RWM 2014 exhibition yesterday (17 September) which addressed the subject of ‘the future of waste composition and its influence on EfW’. Key questions posed to the panel included whether it is possible to predict what our waste streams of the future will look like, and can the UK get the right balance of capacity and waste. Some of the key points CPI sought to put across included the following:
Partner content
Environment
By Crop Protection Association
Calls on IUCN to publish the findings of the task force on systemic pesticides
The Crop Protection Association (CPA) has called on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to publish the findings of the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides (TFSP) so that their work can be subjected to appropriate levels of independent and objective scrutiny.
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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