Aldi and Tesco join Asda and Morrisons with fruit and vegetable purchase limits TESCO and Aldi have joined Asda and Morrisons in introducing purchase limits on fresh produce ... The National (Scotland) · Feb 22, 2023
Tesco follows Aldi, Asda and Morrisons with customer limits on fresh produce The UK’s biggest supermarket is the latest to introduce customer limits on certain fresh produce to handle shortages. The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023
Aldi and Tesco become latest supermarkets to ration fresh fruit and veg Supply problems have left shelves empty Wales Online · Feb 22, 2023
Therese Coffey booed by farmers after refusing to accept food shortage failure ‘We can’t control the weather in Spain’, says enviornment secretary The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023
What are the new rules on log burners and are they going to be banned? Wood stoves targeted by latest government environmental regulations The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023
Ban on fur and foie gras imports dropped, environment secretary suggests Sunak government reassessing ‘priorities’, says Therese Coffey on animal welfare measure The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023
Household water bills in England and Wales to rise by 7.5% from April Consumer groups warned the rise could prove the tipping point for the one in five customers already struggling to pay. The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023
Ministers told bee-killing pesticide approval does not square with nature aims Green MP Caroline Lucas criticised Defra’s decision to renew farmers’ permission to use pesticides which contain neonicotinoids. The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023
Environmentalists blast Government’s roadmap for a cleaner, greener country Plans to restore nature, improve environmental quality, and increase the prosperity of the country are to be set out by the Government on Tuesday. The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023
Environment Secretary would like sewage discharges cut ‘a lot quicker’ Therese Coffey said she would want it to happen faster than the final 2050 target – if there was not a ‘massive’ impact on household water bills. The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023
Single-use plastic plates, trays and cutlery set to be banned in England from October But critics say the measures don't go far enough and consumers should be encouraged to move away from the 'throwaway' culture Wales Online · Jan 14, 2023
England will ban single-use plastic plates and cutlery for environmental reasons Environment Secretary Therese Coffey says the new ban will stop pollution from "billions of pieces of plastic." Advocates applaud the move but say it doesn't go far enough on its own. WEKU · Jan 9, 2023
Single-use plastics to be banned in England The government is gearing up to ban single-use cutlery across the nation in response to public consultation Manchester Evening News · Jan 9, 2023
Single-use plastic cutlery and plates set to be banned in England The ban could come in across England by the end of the year Wales Online · Jan 8, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2023 Single-use plastic plates and cutlery to be banned in England, government reveals Move will ‘stop pollution of billions of pieces of plastic’, says environment secretary Therese Coffey
Daily Mirror · Jan 8, 2023 Plastic cutlery, plates and trays to be banned in England this year The announcement will come almost a year after a consultation into banning some of the most commonly littered single-use plastics - with polystyrene cups also hit
Glasgow Live · Dec 29, 2022 Income Support, ESA and Housing Benefit among six DWP benefits to be scrapped by 2024 A whole host of older benefits are set to be scrapped and replaced by new ones in time for 2024, as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) aims at a clear out.
Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2022 Ministers accused of ‘betraying tens of thousands of children’ in London and UK with 2040 toxic air target UK targets are weaker than the EU’s despite ministers vowing not to water down environmental standards after Brexit
Evening Standard · Dec 14, 2022 Toxic air: MPs start battle to persuade Government to adopt ‘Ella’s Law’ MPs have launched a Commons campaign to persuade the Government to back “Ella’s Law” to tackle toxic air in London and other parts of Britain.
The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022 Coffey ‘disappointed’ if delayed environment targets not published by Christmas The Government came under fire for missing the deadline to publish legally binding targets on tackling air and water pollution.
Nottingham Post · Nov 17, 2022 Egg crisis concerns rise as Tesco set to join Asda and Lidl in rationing Government accused of ‘crossing its fingers and hoping for the best’ as avian flu and feed supply hits production
The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022 Therese Coffey confident ‘we can get through’ egg shortage gripping UK Supermarkets Asda and Lidl are limiting the number of boxes of eggs customers can buy.
Wales Online · Nov 17, 2022 Government issues reassurance that UK will not run out of eggs It comes after supermarkets started rationing the basic food
Leeds Live · Nov 14, 2022 Leeds man given restraining order after sending offensive emails and Facebook message to Therese Coffey Robert Harrison must pay hefty costs and told he must not contact the former Health Secretary
The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2022 Call for car control zones across UK to reduce air pollution deaths Exclusive: Green Tory joins Labour’s Sadiq Khan and medical experts in plea to government