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Environment Secretary says free football tickets were not from water company

Steve Reed said free football tickets worth nearly £1,800 that he declared were from a telecoms company, not a water firm.

Evening Standard

Environment minister confronted over accepting football tickets linked to water pollution company

Environment secretary Steve Reed has been confronted over accepting football tickets linked to a water pollution company.

The Independent UK

Donald Trump claim that ‘Far-Left Labour’ is interfering in US election flatly rejected by Cabinet minister

Environment Secretary Steve Reed said Labour activists were acting as individuals going to campaign for Kamala Harris

Evening Standard

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UK politics live: Rayner insists Labour members in US using ‘their own time’ after Trump-Starmer election row

Trump campaign has filed complaint with US Federal Election Commission to allege interference by Labour Party

The Independent UK

Armed police in London need our support, says Cabinet minister after officer cleared of Chris Kaba murder

Environment Secretary Steve Reed stressed he understood concerns in communities about Mr Kaba’s death

Evening Standard

New commission may ban English water companies from making a profit

Defra body, created to overhaul system amid public fury, may force firms to be run for public good rather than shareholder returns

The Guardian - UK

Water regulator Ofwat could be abolished over sewage scandal as firms push for bill hikes of up to 84%

Thames Water has asked to hike bills by 54%

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Starmer’s bid to fix broken water industry after series of sewage scandals

Campaigners are angry that Labour will not consider renationalising water companies

The Independent UK

Water sector review could include replacing Ofwat amid row over bills and sewage

The UK and Welsh governments announced an independent commission to review the industry and its regulation.

The Independent UK

UK appoints first nature envoy to tackle species decline

Ruth Davis named special representative for nature ‘to put climate and nature at the heart of our foreign policy’

The Guardian - UK

Water industry ownership should be decided by citizens’ assembly, new bill says

Labour MP Clive Lewis to argue for nationalisation and public involvement in management of water companies

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Inside Labour's new world: the marriages, alliances, relatives and rivals

Rural affairs don’t tend to be the biggest draw for Labour governments. But Environment Secretary Steve Reed may be counting on a personal trump card to win his department a better deal.

Evening Standard

English water system singled out for criticism by UN special rapporteur

Prof Pedro Arrojo-Agudo says regulator Ofwat ‘complacent’ about water firms putting their shareholders before public

The Guardian - UK

Morgan McSweeney: Who is Sue Gray’s replacement and Labour election guru behind Keir Starmer’s rise to power?

Sue Gray’s departure has triggered a wider reshuffle in No 10, and Morgan McSweeney is set to take over her role

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The Guardian - UK

Calls for failing English water firms to be taken over using special administration

Government urged to use power to control companies such as Thames Water and reform the industry

The Guardian - UK

Force companies to report their food waste, say leading UK retailers

More than 30 businesses have written to the environment secretary calling for mandatory reporting of wasted food

The Guardian - UK

Labour used water industry analysis to argue against nationalisation

‘Economically illiterate’ Defra letter sent to anti-sewage groups cites 2018 report commissioned by water companies

The Guardian - UK

UK will need to double nature protection funding to meet targets, new data shows

Carbon Brief says more than £800m will need to be spent in each of the next two years

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The Guardian - UK

Is Labour on track to meet its promises on the environment?

Though the party has plenty to celebrate at its first conference in power for 15 years, there is much work to do to on net zero

The Guardian - UK

Labour in apparent disarray over Thames cleanup plan

Minister approved Thames Water project at location prioritised by Sadiq Khan for wild swimming

Evening Standard

Sir Keir Starmer 'could allow water bill rises across country' to pay for Thames Water bailout

New laws would give the government the power to raise bills to prop up Thames Water if a buyer cannot be found

The Guardian - UK

Lammy’s Kew speech seeks to put UK at centre of a reinvigorated climate fight

Foreign secretary’s stirring words on climate are welcome change from Sunak era. But now it is time for action

The Guardian - UK

UK to appoint nature envoy for first time

Exclusive: Labour will also boost environmental efforts by reestablishing climate role cut by Rishi Sunak

The Guardian - UK

Key flood defences in disrepair across England as wet autumn looms, data reveals

Leaked government figures show proportion of assets in adequate condition has fallen ‘significantly below’ target

The Guardian - UK

UK faces another autumn and winter of flooding, Met Office warns

The government’s flood resilience taskforce has met for the first time to plan and discuss pre-emptive measures

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