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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
After the Industrial Strategy: decarbonisation, not deindustrialisation? Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
After the Industrial Strategy: decarbonisation, not deindustrialisation?
The case for better business: why it’s time to modernise company law
Environment
By Martin Wrigley MP
The case for better business: why it’s time to modernise company law
The future of haulage is here: it’s time for a zero-emission mandate for HGVs Partner content
Environment
By Transport & Environment
The future of haulage is here: it’s time for a zero-emission mandate for HGVs
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Reform MP's Caseworker Suspended Following Assault Charge
Reform MP's Caseworker Suspended Following Assault Charge
Political parties
Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary
Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary
Communities
'Young Women's Bodies Are Not Resources To Be Mined': MPs Back Changes To Egg Donation Rules
"Young Women's Bodies Are Not Resources To Be Mined": MPs Back Changes To Egg Donation Rules
Health
UK Space Commander: 'Highly Likely' First Assault On UK Will Be In Space
UK Space Commander: "Highly Likely" First Assault On UK Will Be In Space
Defence
More Than Half Of Public Think A Reform Government Would Be A Big Risk To The UK
More Than Half Of Public Think A Reform Government Would Be A Big Risk To The UK
Political parties
London Councils Urge Capital's MPs To Oppose Local Funding Reforms
London Councils Urge Capital's MPs To Oppose Local Funding Reforms
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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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Environment
By Wood for Good
How the timber industries can help solve the housing crisis
Recognising that the UK must build more homes, quicker, while reducing carbon emissions, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Timber Industries has launched with a new report that aims to provide solutions to the UK’s housing and climate crises.
Lords Diary: Viscount Thurso on responsible tourism and why COP 26 must succeed
Environment
By Viscount Thurso
Lords Diary: Viscount Thurso on responsible tourism and why COP 26 must succeed
Last week was dominated by the horrendous news from Afghanistan. Just about everything that could go wrong seems to have done so, and the sense of helplessness towards the vulnerable people who have suffered so much is everywhere. As a wise old Thursonian said to me in Tesco, “There is nothing to do but pray.”
We must back British farming 365 days a year
Environment
By Theo Clarke MP
We must back British farming 365 days a year
We must support all our farmers to keep doing what they do best - feeding us, caring for the environment and maintaining the varied and beautiful landscapes across the whole of the UK.
Partner content
Environment
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners invests £28million in Sidcup site
Environment Bill is for the UK’s future, not just COP26
Environment
By Baroness Bennett
Environment Bill is for the UK’s future, not just COP26
The Lords must act to strengthen further an Environment Bill written in 2019 that never was, and certainly in 2021, is not fit for purpose without further amendment.
Global Britain must not miss the boat to establish itself as an environmental leader in the maritime sector
Environment
By Nusrat Ghani MP
Global Britain must not miss the boat to establish itself as an environmental leader in the maritime sector
The maritime sector is acutely aware of its environmental footprint and keen to make changes. However, it needs some clear direction from government.
How we can build a sustainable future with timber Partner content
Environment
By Wood for Good
How we can build a sustainable future with timber
We must recognise the importance of timber in overcoming our climate challenge.
The government is meeting just six per cent of its green homes targets – but bold action has public support
Environment
By Luke Murphy
The government is meeting just six per cent of its green homes targets – but bold action has public support
In just over 50 days, the UK plays host to the pivotal international climate summit COP26 in Glasgow. To be a credible host, the UK must get its own house in order yet its net zero strategy – the UK government’s long-awaited plan for reducing emissions – and other crucial plans, including its heat and buildings strategy, have still not been published.
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Environment
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
MSP Visits Coca-Cola Manufacturing Site in East Kilbride
Power Up: How can we support the UK's energy transition? Partner content
Coronavirus
By Legal & General
Power Up: How can we support the UK's energy transition?
If the UK is to meet its net zero ambitions, then over the next three decades we will need to drive a fundamental shift in the way that energy is generated, distributed, and used.
This Parliamentary term is make-or-break for effective climate leadership and global action
Environment
By Philip Dunne MP
This Parliamentary term is make-or-break for effective climate leadership and global action
If we don’t take the necessary action now, and put some substance behind the bold and ambitious climate statements of intent, I have no doubt that we will live to regret it in years to come.
If the UK wants to be a climate world leader, we must say no to deep-sea mining
Environment
By Baroness Bennett
If the UK wants to be a climate world leader, we must say no to deep-sea mining
The development of new technologies are opening up the possibility of mining previously inaccessible ocean depths, causing vastly more damage.
Boris Johnson must confront the climate crisis head on and bury plans for a new coal mine
Environment
By Tony Bosworth
Boris Johnson must confront the climate crisis head on and bury plans for a new coal mine
Instead of backing plans to build a new coal mine in Cumbria that will make the climate emergency worse, it should put its focus into cutting emissions and creating green jobs.
Partner content
Environment
By NOAH
NOAH endorses new report to support pets in rented accommodation
NOAH is delighted to welcome and endorse the new Heads for Tails! report published today by Co-Founder of AdvoCATS, Jen Berazi. The report, endorsed by more than 30 charities, landlord groups, housing associations and more, outlines key policy recommendations that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) could take forward to make it easier for tenants to rent with pets in the UK.
Nearly a third of the world’s tree species are threatened with extinction – we need global action to stop them being lost forever
Environment
By Malin Rivers
Nearly a third of the world’s tree species are threatened with extinction – we need global action to stop them being lost forever
Trees are crucial to tackle the climate crisis, but are facing multifaceted threats. As world leaders consider the needs of the planet at COP26 this autumn, the needs of trees must be on the agenda.
Geronimo The Alpaca Has Been Killed After Weeks Of Protests
Environment
Geronimo The Alpaca Has Been Killed After Weeks Of Protests
Geronimo, the alpaca at the centre of an ongoing legal dispute between the government and its owner, has been put down, the government has confirmed.
Food Shortages Are Expected To Get Worse When New Post-Brexit Paperwork Kicks In
Environment
Food Shortages Are Expected To Get Worse When New Post-Brexit Paperwork Kicks In
Empty supermarket shelves and restaurants including McDonald's, Nando's, and Greggs running out of popular products have forced a growing labour crisis in the UK's supply chains into sharp focus once again.
Why supply chain engagement is crucial to meeting Net Zero Partner content
Environment
By Atkins
Why supply chain engagement is crucial to meeting Net Zero
To overcome environmental challenges we need to put collaboration at the forefront of the supply chain.
We must level-up to tackle the 'dream deficit' in women's sport
Environment
By Fay Jones MP
We must level-up to tackle the "dream deficit" in women's sport
As most of us emerged bleary eyed from 18 months of perpetual lockdowns, we saw astonishing success at the Tokyo Olympics. While many of us have struggled to keep up our exercise regime, British athletes were working hard (from home!) to achieve 65 medals and more success looks likely in the Paralympics.
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Environment
By Cruelty Free International
Cosmetics industry unites to demand UK upholds its cosmetics animal testing ban
Companies involved in the UK cosmetics industry have joined with animal protection NGO Cruelty Free International to issue a letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel demanding that the UK upholds its cosmetics animal testing bans and urging her to rule out new cosmetics tests on animals.
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Environment
By Revolution Plastics Institute
Enzyme researchers partner with pioneering AI company, DeepMind, in developing green solutions to combat plastic waste
University of Portsmouth joins leading AI researchers at DeepMind to help engineer faster acting enzymes for recycling some of the worlds most polluting single use plastics
Partner content
Environment
By Revolution Plastics Institute
Enzyme recycling of PET plastics can reduce energy and greenhouse gas emissions
Researchers now show that one common plastic produced using enzyme-based recycling can be cost competitive with traditional fossil fuel-derived PET.
Partner content
Environment
By Revolution Plastics Institute
Portsmouth becomes the first non US partner of a new project to tackle plastic pollution in the USA
We join global partners to help solve one of the world’s biggest environmental problems.
Partner content
Environment
By Revolution Plastics Institute
Ocean plastics – systemic change not fragmented action is needed International Resource Panel member warns
A new United Nations report lead by University of Portsmouth academics makes recommendations for how to reduce the amount of plastic entering the oceans.
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