Unchecked UK in the media
Unchecked UK in the media
LBC News – ‘Brits exposed to more than dirty water’: Ofwat reforms are a start but government must do more
LBC News (radio) – Unchecked UK praise Ofwat reforms but says government must go further
Labour List – Voters don’t want de-regulation. They want government to have their back
BBC 5 Live – Unchecked UK calls for high business standards
LBC News – Unchecked UK says Starmer’s rhetoric on regulation is ‘more of the same’
The Big Issue – Keir Starmer’s promise to slash red tape and ‘rip out bureaucracy’ is a step backwards for Britain
Labour List: Grenfell was the product of a broken and dangerous ideology: deregulation. Labour must draw a line under it
Al Jazeera: Carum Basra comments on the decade of deregulation that led to the Grenfell tredegy
BBC: Delays in food hygiene inspections a ‘serious public health issue’
Byline Times: Gaming the Refs: Watchdogs ‘Captured’ Amid Cuts and Political Pressure
CityAM: A bonfire of red tape doesn’t actually make us more competitive
The Owen Jones Show: Tory Britain FALLS APART. Literally.
Business Green: ‘We can’t protect and restore nature without better information about it’
The Northern Echo: ‘North Yorkshire rivers neglected full testing since 2017′
The Telegraph: ‘Fears river species are going extinct as Natural England inspections drop’
LabourList: ‘Fair rules on sewage or pay aren’t ‘red tape’. Labour must strengthen them’
The i Paper: Labour must toughen stance on environment and increase fines on polluting water firms, say voters
The Financial Times: UK’s move to row back on madcap retained EU law bill is welcome
Sky News: MPs call for workers’ rights watchdog amid weak enforcement of labour protections
The Grocer: A stronger, better supported FSA would benefit the whole food system
Business Green: Energy market reform is key – but it needs to be done right
Edie: Can regulation open the floodgates for green finance?
The i Paper: Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Brexit bonfire of EU rules has retoxified the Tories
Edie: Majority of UK businesses against weakening regulatory standards in Retained EU Law Bill
The Express: Sunak under pressure as PM warned against ‘nightmare’ plans to tear up EU laws
The Financial Times: Plans to disentangle British and EU laws will cause more uncertainty, poll says
The Times: Voters will punish this failure to protect us
Ends Report: Budget signals potential shift in retained EU law reform but ‘threat remains’, experts warn
The Sunday Telegraph: Fly-tipping surges nearly 38pc in past decade
The Daily Mail: Fly-tipping in England surges by 38% since 2010 with more than a million incidents recorded last year
The Express: Fly-tipping ‘blight’ surges 38 percent as environment secretary vows to clamp down
The Week: Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 9 October 2022
The Ecologist: Alarm over dismantling of UK nature laws
The Times: Tory plans to relax laws protecting wildlife condemned by nature groups
The Times: Voters want the new PM to address Britain’s nature emergency
The Telegraph: Water watchdog’s independence in question as revolving door with polluting private firms revealed
The Guardian: Tory leadership contenders urged not to ditch vital regulations
Channel 4 News: Traces of drugs found in marine life after sewage pumped into British waters
Channel 4 Dispatches: Britain’s Water Scandal
The Guardian: This is what ‘cutting red tape’ gets you: rivers polluted without consequence
The Guardian: In the Passport Office queue I see distress, despair and the dilapidated state of Britain
The National: Why the UK’s Internal Market Act matters to Wales
ENDS report: Water pollution testing in England drops by two thirds amid pandemic
The National: Welsh support regulation over food standards and pollution
BusinessGreen: Regulation: A force for good
Western Mail: The Welsh public support regulations across many areas of public life
Wales News Online: Welsh voters back strong public protections
Western Mail: Regulation – a force for people’s good
Western Mail: Standards under threat, says report
Western Mail: It’s vital to invest in collective safeguards
Wales News Online: Landmark report champions value of regulation in Wales
The Guardian: Revealed: no penalties issued under ‘useless’ English farm pollution laws
ENDS report: Local industrial enforcement plummets
Inside Track: ‘Red wall’ swing voters support strong food regulations and standards
The Guardian: UK ministers gain power to allow lower-standard food imports
ENDS report: Boris Johnson kicks off new deregulatory drive
Business Green: Deregulation drive has crippled progress towards UK’s environmental goals, study argues
Left Foot Forward: How cutting environmental protections has actually cost businesses money
ENDS Report: Deregulation has undermined UK environmental objectives, finds report
The Telegraph: England’s nature reserves are health and safety hazards because of lack of investment
The Times: ‘Catastrophic’ cuts leave watchdogs unfit for purpose, say campaigners
The Telegraph: Jeremy Paxman accuses government of being ‘appallingly inept’ at tackling fly-tipping and litter
ENDS report: Research reveals ‘huge gap’ in regulatory enforcement
The Daily Mirror: Dangerous chemicals found in kids’ toys and household products, tests reveal
The Sun: Toys containing 8 dangerous chemicals including lead found on sale in the UK
ENDS Report: Local authorities ‘struggling’ to enforce product safety rules
The Grocer: Food hygiene inspection backlog ‘massive and mounting’, experts warn
ConHome: Younger, leave-backing voters want a greener, environmentally-aware Conservative Party
The New European: Young Brexit voters want EU regulations
Politics Home: Labour must seize the political space opening up before us – and banish the poisonous myth about Leavers and Remainers
HuffPost: Younger Leave Voters Want To Keep Or Boost EU Regulation After Brexit, Poll Suggests
Left Foot Forward: Behind the budget: Are we about to witness a bonfire of social protections?
The Times: One in five food samples contains a hidden allergen
The Times: Natasha’s death brought new food safety rules — but they need to be enforced
The Mirror: Amateur cooks sell dishes on Facebook without hygiene checks or regulations
The Times: Food safety checks down by half in 10 years
BBC: Homemade food: The home cooks selling hot dinners on Facebook
Journal of Trading Standards: Seeing red over the ‘red tape challenge’
The Times: Health and safety at risk as watchdog budgets halve
The Times, letters: Budget cuts and enforcement bodies
ENDS Report: Underfunded regulatory system ‘vulnerable to abuse’
Business Green: New campaign warns of UK’s unchecked environmental ‘enforcement gap’
Business Green: The scandal at the heart of the UK’s ‘world class’ environmental regulatory regime
DeSmog: Environmental Enforcement Agencies Have Been Crippled by Austerity
The Owen Jones Show: Tory Britain FALLS APART. Literally.
Business Green: ‘We can’t protect and restore nature without better information about it’
The Northern Echo: ‘North Yorkshire rivers neglected full testing since 2017′
The Telegraph: ‘Fears river species are going extinct as Natural England inspections drop’
The Financial Times: UK’s move to row back on madcap retained EU law bill is welcome
Sky News: MPs call for workers’ rights watchdog amid weak enforcement of labour protections
The Grocer: A stronger, better supported FSA would benefit the whole food system
Business Green: Energy market reform is key – but it needs to be done right
Edie: Can regulation open the floodgates for green finance?
The i Paper: Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Brexit bonfire of EU rules has retoxified the Tories
Edie: Majority of UK businesses against weakening regulatory standards in Retained EU Law Bill
The Express: Sunak under pressure as PM warned against ‘nightmare’ plans to tear up EU laws
The Financial Times: Plans to disentangle British and EU laws will cause more uncertainty, poll says
The Times: Voters will punish this failure to protect us
Ends Report: Budget signals potential shift in retained EU law reform but ‘threat remains’, experts warn
The Sunday Telegraph: Fly-tipping surges nearly 38pc in past decade
The Daily Mail: Fly-tipping in England surges by 38% since 2010 with more than a million incidents recorded last year
The Express: Fly-tipping ‘blight’ surges 38 percent as environment secretary vows to clamp down
The Week: Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 9 October 2022
The Ecologist: Alarm over dismantling of UK nature laws
The Times: Tory plans to relax laws protecting wildlife condemned by nature groups
The Times: Voters want the new PM to address Britain’s nature emergency
The Telegraph: Water watchdog’s independence in question as revolving door with polluting private firms revealed
The Guardian: Tory leadership contenders urged not to ditch vital regulations
Channel 4 News: Traces of drugs found in marine life after sewage pumped into British waters
Channel 4 Dispatches: Britain’s Water Scandal
The Guardian: This is what ‘cutting red tape’ gets you: rivers polluted without consequence
The Guardian: In the Passport Office queue I see distress, despair and the dilapidated state of Britain
The National: Why the UK’s Internal Market Act matters to Wales
ENDS report: Water pollution testing in England drops by two thirds amid pandemic
The National: Welsh support regulation over food standards and pollution
BusinessGreen: Regulation: A force for good
Western Mail: The Welsh public support regulations across many areas of public life
Wales News Online: Welsh voters back strong public protections
Western Mail: Regulation – a force for people’s good
Western Mail: Standards under threat, says report
Western Mail: It’s vital to invest in collective safeguards
Wales News Online: Landmark report champions value of regulation in Wales
The Guardian: Revealed: no penalties issued under ‘useless’ English farm pollution laws
ENDS report: Local industrial enforcement plummets
Inside Track: ‘Red wall’ swing voters support strong food regulations and standards
The Guardian: UK ministers gain power to allow lower-standard food imports
ENDS report: Boris Johnson kicks off new deregulatory drive
Business Green: Deregulation drive has crippled progress towards UK’s environmental goals, study argues
Left Foot Forward: How cutting environmental protections has actually cost businesses money
ENDS Report: Deregulation has undermined UK environmental objectives, finds report
The Telegraph: England’s nature reserves are health and safety hazards because of lack of investment
The Times: ‘Catastrophic’ cuts leave watchdogs unfit for purpose, say campaigners
The Telegraph: Jeremy Paxman accuses government of being ‘appallingly inept’ at tackling fly-tipping and litter
ENDS report: Research reveals ‘huge gap’ in regulatory enforcement
The Daily Mirror: Dangerous chemicals found in kids’ toys and household products, tests reveal
The Sun: Toys containing 8 dangerous chemicals including lead found on sale in the UK
ENDS Report: Local authorities ‘struggling’ to enforce product safety rules
The Grocer: Food hygiene inspection backlog ‘massive and mounting’, experts warn
ConHome: Younger, leave-backing voters want a greener, environmentally-aware Conservative Party
The New European: Young Brexit voters want EU regulations
Politics Home: Labour must seize the political space opening up before us – and banish the poisonous myth about Leavers and Remainers
HuffPost: Younger Leave Voters Want To Keep Or Boost EU Regulation After Brexit, Poll Suggests
Left Foot Forward: Behind the budget: Are we about to witness a bonfire of social protections?
The Times: One in five food samples contains a hidden allergen
The Times: Natasha’s death brought new food safety rules — but they need to be enforced
The Mirror: Amateur cooks sell dishes on Facebook without hygiene checks or regulations
The Times: Food safety checks down by half in 10 years
BBC: Homemade food: The home cooks selling hot dinners on Facebook
Journal of Trading Standards: Seeing red over the ‘red tape challenge’
The Times: Health and safety at risk as watchdog budgets halve
The Times, letters: Budget cuts and enforcement bodies
ENDS Report: Underfunded regulatory system ‘vulnerable to abuse’
Business Green: New campaign warns of UK’s unchecked environmental ‘enforcement gap’
Business Green: The scandal at the heart of the UK’s ‘world class’ environmental regulatory regime
DeSmog: Environmental Enforcement Agencies Have Been Crippled by Austerity