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Group of eight NGOs and business groups warn current rules are allowing large numbers of developers to avoid paying into Biodiversity Net Gain schemes

Environment Secretary Steve Reed sets out how Labour intends to 'fundamentally transform how our entire water system works'

The former Minister's excoriating book provides a depressing insight into how vested interest's opposition to environmental policies stymies effective policy development

Government reveals first set of illustrative fees for upcoming packaging Extended Producer Responsibility scheme

Feeding cows methane suppressants up to 60 times more cost effective than some government-funded green farming measures, Green Alliance analysis claims

Nature Minister confirms plans to introduce DRS to aid recycling of drinks bottles and containers ahead of previous government’s October 2027 date

Defra announces review of Environment Act targets in areas such as air quality, water pollution, biodiversity and tree planting

Former chair of the Environmental Audit Committee joins Defra team, as Sadiq Khan confirms Mete Coban as London's new Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy

Regulator sets out controversial plan to triple water sector's investment in environment and customer service, but water firms argue proposed bill hike will not be enough to deliver required infrastructure improvements

Zeichner has spent the past four years as Labour's Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs