Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.

In the last week, former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn announced the launch of a new political party with water industry policy front and centre. And earlier this year, Reform UK – running on an anti-net zero mandate – took command of 10 councils in the May local elections.

What approach have these new councils been taking towards net zero policies since Reform took the reins, and what exactly does Corbyn plan to do with the water industry?

This week, Eco Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons, ENDS Report’s news editor Pippa Neill and WWF UK’s head of public affairs David Walsh explore the state of green policies in government and the threats they face at a time of political polarisation and upheaval.

PLUS : A £1.1bn promise to councils to help improve local recycling schemes, a new plan to tackle pet flea treatments, and the Environment Agency consults on reducing forever chemicals in the town with the UK’s highest known levels of PFAS.

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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.

This week, ENDS Report’s senior reporter Shosha Adie explains the implications of a major review into the water sector.

Alongside Alistair Chisholm, policy director at CIWEM – The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management – the team also explores the government’s rationale behind its decision to scrap the water regulator Ofwat.

PLUS: Scotland’s upcoming landfill ban, the Planning Bill amendments you need to know about and the government’s new food strategy.

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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.

This week, ENDS Report’s deputy editor Tess Colley reveals her exclusive findings on the toxic sludge being spread on agricultural fields.

After getting hold of reams of exclusive documents, her investigation has exposed how the government has sat on warnings from the Environment Agency about the threat sludge poses for three years. What were those warnings - and what can the UK learn from sludge scandals in the USA?

PLUS: The Office for Environmental Protection scrutinises other watchdogs’ scrutiny, news on who has been tipped as the Climate Change Committee’s new chairperson, and an update on lead shot.

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