Government takes swift action to strengthen regulation to tackle sewage discharges, as the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) announces next steps in their investigation into the regulation of network combined sewer overflows.
Today we are looking at inaccurate coverage of the Environment Agency’s involvement in a pollution incident at Bowness-on-Windermere.
There has been widespread coverage of the government’s announcement that 27 new bathing water sites will be designated across England. Coverage includes BBC, ITV, The Guardian, The Telegraph, iNews, The Times and Daily Mail.
There has been widespread media coverage following our announcement of new measures to address labour shortages in the food supply chain.
The news was reported by publications including The Telegraph, Farmers Guardian, Farmers Weekly, Horticulture Week, The Grocer and Farming UK.
Today the Office for Environmental Protection published a report on legal targets to improve water health.
The report claims that report claims that “the EA has calculated a cost of £51 billion to achieve the targets… but there is only confirmed funding of £6.2 billion up to 2027”.
This is incorrect. In October 2023, the water industry announced a planned £96 billion of investment between 2025 and 2030 to deliver significant environmental improvements, including tackling nutrient pollution and reducing the use of storm overflows. Ofwat is currently considering these proposals.
There has been widespread coverage of our announcement that there is a very high probability of a new introduction of bluetongue virus serotype 3 (BTV-3) into livestock in Great Britain this year. This was reported by publications including BBC …
Today we are looking at coverage marking 40 years of the Thames Barrier protecting London and the Thames Estuary
Today’s blog outlines the government response to recent coverage on the potential cost of new border checks
In today’s blog we look at media coverage of highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy cattle in the United States.
There has been coverage, including in the Telegraph, Sky News, The Independent, Daily Mail, The Times and The Mirror of the publication of the government response to our consultation on a ban on plastic-containing wet wipes. Today’s announcement sets out the next steps to ban the sale and supply of wet wipes containing plastic across the UK.
Today’s blog outlines the government response to recent inaccurate coverage on upcoming border checks