Steve Reed

Environment Secretary Steve Reed hosts local government, communities, and emergency services at first meeting to improve UK resilience in face of extreme weather

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

Legislation will strengthen regulators' powers to ban bonuses and impose tougher penalties on water firms, including custodial sentences for executives who break the law

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

A new report looks at how Labour can keep the public and nature groups on board with its plans to streamline and speed up planning decisions

Angela Rayner and Steve Reed write to conservation groups seeking 'constructive dialogue' on how to reform planning system to enable faster development and enhanced nature protection

New data reveals how 10,000 people have been hospitalised with water-borne diseases since 2019

Labour announces new Countryside Protection Plan designed to protect nature and reverse the decline in British wildlife