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Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Britain’s “uncontrolled” dumping of sewage in the English Channel and North Sea could breach the terms of Brexit deal, the EU has warned. French […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Britain’s next prime minister must not give up on green energy investments while devising measures to ease the cost-of-living crisis, Boris Johnson will urge. In a bid to futureproof his legacy, the outgoing PM is […] More
Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight The Tory government’s new plan to tackle Britain’s sewage spill crisis with targets for water companies to make improvements by 2035 has been branded […] More
Liz Truss presided over cuts to Environment Agency funding which “doubled sewage discharge”, it has been claimed.According to Labour Party analysis, raw sewage discharge has more than doubled since 2016, when the Tory leadership hopeful was environment secretary.This rose from 1.47 per overflow six years ago to 29.3 in 2021, according to the analysis of official figures. More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email The energy crisis is undermining the UK’s net zero climate plans as firms slam the brakes on vital CO2-cutting investments to pay soaring bills, business leaders are warning. Bosses are preparing to halt switching to […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email The UK government introduced a new grant scheme in March 2022 to incentivise people to replace their old gas boilers with low-carbon heating options, including heat pumps. Boris Johnson’s administration made £5,000 grants available to […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are being urged not to “sideline” the climate crisis in their Tory leadership race, amid growing alarm that this issue is being forgotten. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email A final decision on whether a hugely controversial new coal mine in Cumbria should get the go ahead has been delayed again. The government had been due to rule next week on whether planning permission […] More
