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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has launched its latest guide of UK pharmaceutical regulations, EU directives and guidance.
Employment Tribunal decision.
The government launches a series of consultations to overhaul the waste system.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Government launches consultation to extend the 5p plastic bag charge to all retailers and increase the charge to 10p
The British Embassy’s #BetterthanPlastic challenge continues to gather support, raising awareness of how to tackle plastic pollution.
The first of a new-style smart motorway emergency area, where drivers can stop in an emergency, is being trialled on the M3 in Surrey.
Prime Minister Theresa May will pledge to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste within a quarter of a century.
Graduation party for National Citizen Service (NCS) graduates from across England.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency - Keep Britain Tidy Roundtable, Middlesex University
To celebrate World Oceans Day, we are hosting a week-long online campaign to raise awareness of the importance of the world’s oceans featuring conservationists and marine experts.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Summary of responses to a consultation on a possible producer responsibility scheme for non-packaging agricultural plastics (NPAP) published.
The UK is one of a number of nations to sign a resolution to help reduce the amount of plastic in the world's seas.
Theresa Villiers addresses MPs on recent violence following 12 July parades.
British Ambassador to Angola, Jessica Hand, hosted The Queen’s 93rd Birthday Party (QBP) on World Environment Day, 5th June.
Cambridge firm scales up to produce billions of an ultra-thin equivalent of the silicon chip, smart labelling for 'the internet of things'.
"Wales is bursting with innovative and world-class companies, boosting the Welsh economy"
Launch of Ghana-EU initiative in support of global "16 days of Activism - UNiTE to end violence against women" campaign
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Today the government has published its 25 Year Environment Plan.
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