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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
Crate Britain: does Mummy pig deserve a prison break? Partner content
Environment
By Humane World for Animals UK
Crate Britain: does Mummy pig deserve a prison break?
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
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Parliament's People Awards
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Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Home Office Eyes More Restrictions On International Student Visas
Home Office Eyes More Restrictions On International Student Visas
Education
Angela Rayner Refers Herself To Ethics Adviser After Admitting Stamp Duty Underpayment
Angela Rayner Refers Herself To Ethics Adviser After Admitting Stamp Duty Underpayment
Economy
Darren Jones To Run No 10 Delivery As Keir Starmer Shakes Up His Top Team
Darren Jones To Run No 10 Delivery As Keir Starmer Shakes Up His Top Team
Political parties
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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
Environment news
The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill could be our last chance to avert the accelerating crisis
Environment
By Caroline Lucas MP
The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill could be our last chance to avert the accelerating crisis
The new bill would see aviation and shipping fall within the UK’s net zero target and provide greater protection for nature, wildlife and soils.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Expert judging panel announced for the BVA Young Vet of the Year Award 2020
The British Veterinary Association has today announced an expert panel of judges for its BVA Young Vet of the Year Award 2020, supported by Zoetis: an accolade aimed at vets at an early stage in their careers who are making a big difference in their field or community.
A bold emissions target is key to Britain leading the fight against climate change
Environment
By Tim Loughton MP
A bold emissions target is key to Britain leading the fight against climate change
Hosting COP26 next year presents an opportunity for a newly independent Global Britain to strengthen international climate action, by setting an ambitious emissions target of our own by 2030.
Why Wales is recycling glass right Partner content
Coronavirus
By British Glass
Why Wales is recycling glass right
The rest of the UK should look to the Welsh blueprint as a way to recycle glass right.
Partner content
Environment
By Glass and Glazing Federation
Economic professor set for GGF Member's Week
The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) is delighted to confirm that Professor Noble Francis, Economics Director for Construction Products Association (CPA) has agreed to present a webinar at Members’ Week on 29th September on “The Economic Landscape”.
From tackling climate change to increasing employment, British forestry provides social, economic and environmental benefits to society Partner content
Environment
By Wood for Good
From tackling climate change to increasing employment, British forestry provides social, economic and environmental benefits to society
British forestry and tree planting provide social, economic and environmental value in rural communities; it protects biodiversity, and it protects the ecosystems services and natural capital we rely on. 
Environmental sustainability must be at the heart of the Fisheries Bill
Environment
By Stephanie Peacock MP
Environmental sustainability must be at the heart of the Fisheries Bill
The Conservatives have fallen short of their 2019 manifesto commitment to create a legally binding framework for fish stocks to be fished at sustainable levels.
Plastic bag fee doubles to 10p and extended to all shops in England
Environment
Plastic bag fee doubles to 10p and extended to all shops in England
The fee to use a plastic carrier bag will double to 10p and be extended to all shops in England, the Government has announced.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Vets push for change on the welfare of animals at slaughter
A comprehensive new policy, leading vets and other experts have recommended no fewer than 67 ways to improve the welfare of animals at slaughter in order to provide them with a life worth living and a humane death.
Partner content
Coronavirus
By British Veterinary Association
Scottish Government clarifies Test and Protect guidance in recognition of potential impact on veterinary practices
The Scottish Government has clarified its guidance in relation to the role of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when it comes to vets and the NHS Test and Protect system.
Partner content
Environment
By Environmental Services Association
HMRC must “stay the course” on plastics tax plans
The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has today urged Government to “stay the course” on its plans to implement a tax on the use of virgin and single-use plastics, as the extended public consultation period draws to a close tomorrow (20 August 2020).
Partner content
Environment
By Woodland Trust
Wood that inspired Roald Dahl will be destroyed by HS2 this autumn
Nearly half of the wood said to have inspired Roald Dahl to write Fantastic Mr Fox will be destroyed for HS2 this autumn.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Call for clarity on vet checks as next round of EU negotiations begins
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has added its weight to calls for clarity on the arrangements for the movement of animals and animal products after the transition period, as the UK and EU enter the seventh round of negotiations.
Let’s ‘build back greener’ with a new carbon tax
Environment
By Jerome Mayhew MP
Let’s ‘build back greener’ with a new carbon tax
A new carbon tax with border tariffs would raise valuable revenue from carbon purchases, boost low carbon businesses and accelerate the march to net-zero by 2050.
Investment in our coastlines is needed to reach net-zero by 2050 and unlock green jobs
Environment
By Sally-Ann Hart MP
Investment in our coastlines is needed to reach net-zero by 2050 and unlock green jobs
Protecting and restoring our coastal habitats is vital to tackle climate change, reverse the loss of wildlife and bring much needed tourism and green jobs to our seaside communities.
Increased tree planting will benefit the environment and the economy Partner content
Environment
By Wood for Good
Increased tree planting will benefit the environment and the economy
Enhanced tree planting and greater wood use can help deliver the UK Government’s short-term imperative (a Green Recovery from Covid-19), medium-term goal (Build Back Better) and long-term aim (Net-Zero by 2050).
Partner content
Environment
By Woodland Trust
Proposed radical reform of the planning system causes deep concern, says Woodland Trust
If the government is really serious about delivering a better informed, more transparent planning system that supports efforts to protect and expand woods for the benefit of people, communities and wildlife, it is not evident in these proposals.
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
The Green Homes Grant must be the first step in a longer-term, Government-led buildings energy efficiency and decarbonisation plan
The goal must be to ensure future new builds are safe, efficient, resilient, and perform as intended whilst avoiding significant unintended consequences in terms of poor quality installations and short-term boom and bust in the energy efficiency market.
Environment
By Chartered Institute of Building
Green homes grant can boost activity but quality is key, says CIOB
The CIOB has today responded to the Government’s announcement of further details on the new Green Homes Grant.
Partner content
Environment
By Environmental Services Association
Energy-from-Waste is vital infrastructure that we all rely upon; it’s time to stop demonising it - ESA
Energy-from-waste (EfW) serves a vital public sanitation function in the United Kingdom and is a complementary part of a rapidly-evolving, holistic, waste management system invested in by the recycling and waste management industry – which has long been leading the pursuit of a low-carbon circular economy.
Coronavirus adds a new urgency to calls for a ban on the sale of fur
Coronavirus
By Maria Eagle MP
Coronavirus adds a new urgency to calls for a ban on the sale of fur
The Government must end our association with fur-producing nations, not only for our moral standing, but for the protection of our health too.
MPs demand dedicated minister as food bank use soars amid coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus
By Matt Honeycombe-Foster
MPs demand dedicated minister as food bank use soars amid coronavirus pandemic
The Government is being urged to appoint a dedicated minister and consider a legal “right to food” amid warnings that the coronavirus pandemic has left charities stretched in the fight against hunger.
Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Vets apply behavioural science to tackle bovine TB in new report
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has set out a comprehensive approach to tackling bovine tuberculosis (bTB) across the UK, drawing on behavioural science and proposing 35 wide-ranging recommendations.
Partner content
Environment
By Woodland Trust
HS2’s catalogue of errors like a runaway train
HS2 Ltd. is continuing to fail the environment with a catalogue of errors growing longer all the time says the Woodland Trust.
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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