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Draft Environmental Authorisation Regulations published for Scotland

The Scottish government have published the Draft Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025. These Draft Regulations aim to ma...

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Future of High Streets report published

High Streets: Life Beyond retail? is the product of an inquiry by the House of Lords' Built Environment Committee into the future of high streets in a period of "changes in trade, retail, technolog...

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Calls for ageing population to be favoured in planning

According to the Older People's Housing Taskforce, a presumption in favour of applications to develop later living homes should be introduced into national planning policy.

The taskforce, w...

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Spatial framework to align housing and climate targets

The UK government has been urged to develop a national spatial framework to integrate housing ambitions with climate targets in England.

According to the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI...

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How to make Black Friday green?

Black Friday officially starts today (Friday 29 November), but sales and advertising have been going on since last week, with retailers hoping to get the most customers spending with low prices.

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Campaign to make Scotland the first rewilding nation launched

The Scottish Rewilding Alliance is a collaboration between different organisations who share the same mission - to help rewilding in Scotland. It is made up of more than 20 organisations and is sup...

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Updated policy stance on waste separation for England

The news that all businesses and households in England will have to separate their recycling and food waste for collection from March 2025 and 2026 respectively will have reached most people by now...

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Week 2 of COP29: What has happened?

The first week of COP29 wrapped up on Saturday 16 November with an endorsement of the 'Early Warnings For All' initiative and a call to action to use the power of...

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1.2% rise in UK energy price cap
In January to March 2025, there will be a 1.2% increase in the energy price cap, energy regulator Ofgem has confirmed.
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HSE release 2023/34 work-related ill health and injury statistics

Annual statistics on work-related ill health and workplace injuries in Great Britain have been published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for the 2023/2024 reporting...

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Deposit Return Scheme update

The Welsh Government has announced that the introduction of a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in Wales will likely be delayed. At the same time, England and Northern Ireland published the

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Government to help forest nations with climate change

The UK has offered funding in order to help fight climate change in forest-rich nations in an effort to support global climate change movements.

At the COP29 summit, it pledged £239 m...

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Latest changes to fire extinguishers and class B firefighting foams

With some significant upcoming regulatory changes on the way which will affect foam fire extinguishers across the UK, we take a Barbour-style look at what a move away from certain foams will mean f...

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Week 1 of COP29: What has happened?

The 29th Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP29) started on Monday 11 November and will held until Friday 22 November, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The COP is the d...

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The Big Mental Health Report published

The mental health charity Mind has published its Big Mental Health Report, which is for anyone looking for trusted information on how mental health problems affect people in England and Wales.

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