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Can Labour Fix England's Water Shortage Problem?
Can Labour Fix England's Water Shortage Problem?
Environment
England hasn’t built a new reservoir in more than 30 years but 10 are now promised – and even they may not be enough. Noah Vickers reports on the leaky plumbing – real and financial – draining the system
The Path to Net Zero: A special report to mark Net Zero Week 2025 Partner content
Environment
By Total Politics Impact
The Path to Net Zero: A special report to mark Net Zero Week 2025
Water Minister Emma Hardy: 'The Regulatory System Is Broken'
Environment
Water Minister Emma Hardy: "The Regulatory System Is Broken"
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Environment
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Labour Figures Grow Nervous About Net Zero After Reform Success
Environment
Labour Figures Grow Nervous About Net Zero After Reform Success
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
Opinion
Decarbonisation, growth, delivery? The Government’s recess report card Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
Decarbonisation, growth, delivery? The Government’s recess report card
The global treaty may lie in tatters, but the UK must continue to lead the fight against plastic pollution
Environment
By Rebecca Pow
The global treaty may lie in tatters, but the UK must continue to lead the fight against plastic pollution
After the Industrial Strategy: decarbonisation, not deindustrialisation? Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
After the Industrial Strategy: decarbonisation, not deindustrialisation?
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Nigel Farage Says He Would Renegotiate The Good Friday Agreement To Stop Small Boats
Nigel Farage Says He Would Renegotiate The Good Friday Agreement To Stop Small Boats
Foreign affairs
How Ruthless Will Starmer's Reshuffle Be?
How Ruthless Will Starmer's Reshuffle Be?
Political parties
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference ##sash##
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
Parliament's People Awards ##sash##
Parliament's People Awards
MPs Are Divided Over Whether They Should Use AI To Do Their Jobs
MPs Are Divided Over Whether They Should Use AI To Do Their Jobs
Parliament
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference ##sash##
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
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Water Minister Emma Hardy: 'The Regulatory System Is Broken'
Environment
Water Minister Emma Hardy: "The Regulatory System Is Broken"
With water now a top political issue in Britain, Sienna Rodgers talks to Defra minister Emma Hardy who says regulation of the industry is ‘broken’ – and warns companies, ‘there’s no room to hide’
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Environment
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Over a decade ago, the government decided to place many of England and Wales’ inland waterways in the hands of the Canal & River Trust. As it struggles with increasing financial pressure and a furious row with part of the boating community, has the experiment failed? Alan White investigates. Illustrations by Tracy Worrall
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
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Partner content
Environment
By NOAH
NOAH gains environmental accreditation
NOAH is proud to announce it has achieved Bronze level Investors in the Environment (iiE) accreditation.
Important milestones in our carbon reduction journey Partner content
Environment
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Important milestones in our carbon reduction journey
At each of the Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ (CCEP) manufacturing sites across GB, our teams are committed to making improvements to daily operations that will help accelerate our carbon reduction journey. There are big and small changes taking place every day at all our sites that are helping us reduce our emissions.
Decarbonising construction today with low carbon concrete Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
Decarbonising construction today with low carbon concrete
The UK construction sector, working in collaboration with UK manufacturers of cement and concrete, has a strong track record of reducing emissions from concrete construction. But there are opportunities to accelerate the adoption of new low carbon concretes and reduce the carbon emissions of our built environment even further.
UK blackcurrant growers celebrated at Ribena Conference Partner content
Environment
By Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
UK blackcurrant growers celebrated at Ribena Conference
Suntory Beverage and Food GB&I (SBF GB&I) brought together its blackcurrant growers in Somerset to celebrate the nation’s fruit farmers and their contribution to Ribena and biodiversity.
‘Plastic-eating’ enzymes to be deployed to combat waste polyester clothing Partner content
Environment
By Revolution Plastics Institute
‘Plastic-eating’ enzymes to be deployed to combat waste polyester clothing
Scientists at the University of Portsmouth are to develop ‘plastic-eating’ enzymes that could help solve the ever-growing problem of waste polyester clothing.
Britain's waterways: do we need a right to connect or the right to clean rivers?
Environment
By Baroness McIntosh
Britain's waterways: do we need a right to connect or the right to clean rivers?
While the government rightly looks to growth, innovation and the housing that the United Kingdom desperately needs, the discussion needs to also address the fact that much of England’s water courses and wastewater infrastructure is still living in the 19th century.
Partner content
Environment
By NOAH
Veterinary Medicines Regulations Review presents opportunity for UK animal health sector to thrive, says NOAH
NOAH welcomes today’s launch by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) of the public consultation on the new Veterinary Medicines Regulations (VMR) for GB.
Partner content
Environment
By British Safety Council
New legally binding air quality targets ‘fall well short of ambitious’, safety body warns
British Safety Council has warned that new legally binding air quality targets for the UK, which passed the final stages of parliamentary scrutiny earlier this week, fall well short of what is needed to keep people safe.
NDA group showcase skills and expertise in Westminster Partner content
Environment
By Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
NDA group showcase skills and expertise in Westminster
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group are showcasing their contribution to the UK, including skills, community investment and career opportunities, at the Nuclear Industry Association’s Nuclear Week in Parliament.
COP15 Reflections: ‘Don’t Leave Nature Behind’ Partner content
Environment
By WSP
COP15 Reflections: ‘Don’t Leave Nature Behind’
There is no time to waste - 2023 is the year we must start converting biodiversity ambition into meaningful action. WSP’s Jenny Merriman attended COP15 in Montreal and reflects on what its agreements mean for our natural environment.
Going Nuclear: Parliamentarians Welcome Research Roadmap for a New Energy Mix Partner content
Environment
By Policy@Manchester
Going Nuclear: Parliamentarians Welcome Research Roadmap for a New Energy Mix
With families and businesses struggling with rising bills and energy security shooting up the policy agenda, there is a new impetus to develop nuclear energy as an essential part of the UK’s energy mix. A major new resource for UK policymakers has now set out some of the steps that will help build a new nuclear future for the nation.
Partner content
Environment
By Policy@Manchester
Water demand and drought: how can we reduce demand to address multiple socio-environmental crises?
Partner content
Environment
By Policy@Manchester
Taking action on hot air: Why agriculture is the key to reducing UK methane emissions
While much of the global discussion on climate change focusses on cutting CO2 emissions, methane is around 25 times more potent as a greenhouse gas in trapping heat in the Earth’s atmosphere. At COP26, the UK Government committed to reducing methane emissions by 30%. Emeritus Professor Ian Plewis from The University of Manchester lays out the scale of the challenge and the change needed, particularly in the agricultural sector.
2022: Catalysing the UK’s journey as an innovation nation Partner content
Environment
By Catapult Network
2022: Catalysing the UK’s journey as an innovation nation
As the UK prepares to harness the power of technology to address its most critical national challenges, Catapults are primed to support the journey towards the UK becoming a science superpower and an innovation nation.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Vets respond to shocking BBC Panorama investigation: Dogs, Dealers and Organised Crime
New, hard-hitting BBC Panorama and Disclosure investigations have revealed the links between organised crime and the breeding of dogs with extreme features. In light of these investigations, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) is calling for urgent action on better enforcement and regulation of dog breeding and selling.
Time is running out to halt the decline of nature by 2030
Environment
By Lord Randall
Time is running out to halt the decline of nature by 2030
We only have seven years to achieve our goal of halting nature’s decline, a target vital to not just farmers and nature lovers but all of us.
A big step forwards towards a more circular packaging economy Partner content
Environment
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
A big step forwards towards a more circular packaging economy
The first month of the year has already seen significant progress for the sustainability agenda.
Partner content
Environment
By Cruelty Free International
This New Year, government should resolve to do more to enable the use and development of animal-free research and testing
Whether it was first espoused by Einstein or Franklin or Rita Mae Brown, the definition of insanity has always been to do the same thing over and over and expect different results.
The Falkland Islands share the collective responsibility to tackle the climate crisis
Environment
By Peter Biggs
The Falkland Islands share the collective responsibility to tackle the climate crisis
In the Falkland Islands, the foundations of our livelihoods are reliant on our environment - fishing, agriculture, tourism - and these key sectors would not exist without healthy ecosystems.
Partner content
Environment
Snap happy vets urged to get cameras at the ready as BVA’s 2023 Veterinary Photographer of the Year competition opens
Remote Electronic Monitoring can help protect our seas and our island fishing industry
Environment
By Peter Aldous MP
Remote Electronic Monitoring can help protect our seas and our island fishing industry
The Future Fisheries Alliance (FFA), a coalition of the Marine Conservation Society, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and World Wildlife Fund, advocate for sustainable fisheries management and propose Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) with cameras to achieve this.
Capturing the Carbon Opportunity Partner content
Environment
By Policy@Manchester
Capturing the Carbon Opportunity
A new report by Policy@Manchester with CBI Economics, sets out how carbon capture and storage (CCS) can help accelerate the UK’s decarbonisation mission.
HTA response to the GB Plant Biosecurity Strategy 2023 to 2028 Partner content
Environment
By Horticultural Trades Association
HTA response to the GB Plant Biosecurity Strategy 2023 to 2028
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) welcomes the Government launching its five-year GB Biosecurity Strategy. Significantly, the strategy proposes to increase the level of collaboration between Defra and industry in order to facilitate safe trade and reduce the risks posed by pests and diseases. Additionally, Defra outlines plans for a campaign aimed at the general public to increase awareness of the importance of plants, as well as improved plant health understanding at educational level. HTA is a signatory to the Plant Health Accord, which aims to raise awareness of the importance of plant health to the public.
Partner content
Environment
By Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Scottish businesses wanting to break into offshore renewables invited to take part in new round of successful programme
Businesses in the North East of Scotland aiming to enter the expanding offshore renewable sector can apply to the Fit For Offshore Renewables (F4OR) Programme, run by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, from today (Monday).
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Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
2025
Bayview Suite 2
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
2025
Room 4A and 4B
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
Total Politics at the Conservative Party Conference
2025
Derby Suite
Total Politics at the Conservative Party Conference
Parliament's People Awards
2026
The Palace of Westminster
Parliament's People Awards