Category: Environment

Labour backs plans for £15m fund to distribute surplus food from farms

Grant will go towards repackaging food that would go to waste and delivering it to shelters, food banks and charitiesLabour ministers have backed plans for a £15m fund to redistribute food from farms that otherwise go to...

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UK must be less dependent on China for critical minerals, says thinktank

Exclusive: Labour Together urges government to ‘de-risk’ supply chains by working with other countriesThe UK must become less dependent on China for critical minerals, an influential thinktank has concluded before a...

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Average Briton causes 23 times more CO2 on Christmas Day, study reveals

Campaigners say consumption such as travel, gifts and food are destroying planet and the meaning of ChristmasWhether out of poverty or virtue, many of us spend much of the year reining in our appetites to save our pennies and...

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Revealed: Thames Water diverted ‘cash for clean-ups’ to help pay bonuses

Exclusive: UK’s biggest water company assessed risks before cutting back on cost of environmental work, investigation showsThames Water intentionally diverted millions of pounds pledged for environmental clean-ups towards...

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Public anger over water bill rises is justified, says UK environment secretary

‘Complete reset’ of water industry needed in face of poor service, pollution and leaks, says Steve ReedPublic anger over a significant increase in water bills to be unveiled this week will be justified, the...

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US to pressure UK to import high-quality American meat in Trump trade deal

US industry ready to drop demand to export chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef in move set to anger British farmersThe United States is expected to push Britain to allow tariff-free access to high-quality American meat as...

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