Reform’s first year running councils: ‘The atmosphere in the chamber has changed’
Reform’s first year running councils seems to have been defined by a focus on ‘culture war’ issues
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For conservation to be socially just it also needs to be inclusive of marginalised communities
Nick Harvey is a policy officer at the British Ecological Society. The challenges that society faces do not exist independently, they interact and magnify each other. Despite this, it is easy for people working against what they consider to betest
Firefighters’ union blasts government policy of cutting resources amid heatwave crisis
“Firefighters are at the forefront of the climate emergency. The demands of the job are increasing but our resources have been under attack by government cuts for over a decade. 11,500 firefighter jobs have been slashed since 2010.”
Daily Mail mocked for piece attacking ‘woke’ and ‘climate alarmist Met Office’ amid heatwave crisis
The record-breaking temperatures yesterday meant that the fire service in London faced its busiest day since the second world war, as fires raged throughout the country.
Government’s net zero strategy breaches UK’s climate obligations, High Court rules
The law requires the government to produce detailed climate policies showing how the UK’s carbon budgets will be met.
Oxford City Council to provide free period products in public spaces
As period poverty in the UK rises, Oxford is to launch a scheme offering free sanitary protection in public toilets and other public buildings across the city.
Tobias Ellwood stripped of Tory whip after missing confidence vote
Suggestions have been made that Johnson removed the whip from the MP, who is an outspoken critic of the PM, as a means of eliminating a vote for Penny Mordaunt.
Tory leadership contest lurches further to the right with elimination of Tom Tugendhat
‘The latest vote says a lot about Tory MPs.’
Tory leadership hopefuls accused of not taking climate crisis seriously
“We need a prime minister willing to put climate action at the top of the agenda but, so far, despite the searing heat, we’ve barely even had warm words from the candidates,” says Greenpeace UK.
High court ruling deems government’s net zero climate strategy ‘unlawful’
A ‘breakthrough moment’ for climate delay and inaction, means the government will have to revise its climate change strategy to show how emissions reduction targets will be met.
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
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