Environment Agency

Conservative Party leader vows to back renewables, nuclear, and fossil fuel drilling, as she sets out vision for wave of tax cuts and bonfire of planning and environmental regulations

Conservatives set to announce plans to axe the Environment Agency and Natural England, drop the Future Homes Standard and Extended Producer Responsibility rules, and quit the Aarhus Convention

Below average September rainfall comes as 30 million people are still impacted by temporary use bans imposed by water companies

Water company pleads guilty to five offences relating to 2023 incident that saw sewage discharged along the Fylde Coast for 35 hours

Sewage pumped into England's bathing waters for more than 2,000 hours over the summer, Surfers Against Sewage finds

Government, regulators, and experts now set to meet on a weekly basis to coordinate responses to drought conditions that are impacting homes, businesses, and farmers

Prime Minister announces increase in fines for a range of waste offences, as clear up of illegal dumps expands

Around 45 million people now living in areas currently experiencing drought conditions with hot, dry weather still set to continue across much of England

As drought torments farms and food production across Europe, the NFU is calling on the UK government to focus on shoring up domestic food supplies by prioritising water for food production

Too many rivers, lakes, estuaries and groundwater bodies ‘still not achieving’ desired standards, EA data reveals