Read Environment Secretary Angela Eagle’s conference speech in full
Environment Secretary Angela Eagle addressed delegates in Liverpool on the last day of Labour Party conference - read her speech in full.
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New ministers in Defence, Home Office, Defra and Whips Office
Following recent resignations new ministers have been appointed in Defence, The Home Office, Defra and the Whips Office.
Government waters down inheritance tax changes for farmers
Government plans to tax inherited farmland have been watered down following months of protests by farmers and concern from backbenchers. The individual threshold for a 20% tax on inherited agricultural or business assets will be increased…
Rogue water companies could face fines of £500,000 under new Labour plans
Water companies that commit environmental offences could soon face fines of up to £500,000.
Reed vows to ‘clean up’ water industry as Ofwat backs 21% price hikes
Environment Secretary Steve Reed has committed to "clean up" the water industry to cut sewage pollution as regulator Ofwat announced prices are set to rise by an average of £94 over the next five years.
Labour to force vote on bill to ‘end Tory sewage scandal’
Labour is set to force a vote on the introduction of its bill to "end the Tory sewage scandal", with Jim McMahon warning Conservative MPs ahead of the debate that their constituents "will be watching" how they vote. The party has also…
Conservatives have allowed Britain to be treated as “open sewer”, McMahon says
Jim McMahon has declared that the Tories have allowed Britain to be treated as an "open sewer" after analysis revealed that 40,874 days' worth of raw sewage were dumped into coastal constituencies last year. According to Labour analysis of…
Truss’ £235m Environment Agency cut “doubled sewage discharge”, Labour says
Labour has said that Liz Truss presided over a £235m cut to the Environment Agency that left monitoring staff in the "low hundreds" and "doubled sewage discharge". According to analysis of official figures, raw sewage discharge more than…
The Tory U-turn on sewage was weak: Labour’s clean water plan is needed
The government is mired in muck. Not just political corruption, sleaze and scandal, but – due to some hopeless management of the environment bill by Defra – actual muck in the form of raw sewage that is being pumped daily into our rivers…
Why has dumping a sewage amendment created a stink? Is the reaction justified?
MPs rejected an amendment last week that would have legally required water companies to reduce the amount of sewage discharged into UK waterways. 265 Tories voted against the Lords amendment to the environment bill, sparking a backlash from…
Help Labour ensure the countryside regains its voice in Westminster
Labour’s recent campaign in Batley and Spen showed us exactly what happens when we stay focused on our values of hope and solidarity. What happens when we show up in numbers and listen carefully to the voters we speak to. When we stay…
Labour launches policy review as data shows £255m cut to rural communities
Labour has launched its rural England policy review and outlined its plan to become "the party of the great British countryside" as data shows that government cuts will cost rural communities £255m this year. Following the release of…