Therese Coffey has suggested that a Conservative government could review the use of ‘weight-based’ targets to measure recycling in the UK.
Minister for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Coffee spoke at the recent Greener UK coalition hosting event and hinted that the way that recycling rates are calculated would also be considered post-Brexit - a topic which dominated discussions.

Nationwide have revealed that house prices in the UK have fallen for the third month in a row, for the first time since 2009.
The figures suggest that the housing market is losing steam, with the annual growth rate in May dropping to 2.1 per cent - the lowest figure in nearly four years.
Nationwide’s monthly house price index showed that the average price of a home fell by 0.2 per cent between April and May, to £208,711, following monthly declines of 0.4 per cent in April and 0.3 per cent in March.

Basildon Borough Council has been fined £150,000 by the ICO for breaching the Data Protection Act.

Mind has revealed that public sector staff are more likely to feel anxious at work and take sick days for their mental health than those in the private sector.

A new study reveals that only 10 per cent of England’s extensive floodplains are fit for purpose, increasing the risk of flooding across the UK.

Refuse collection workers at Birmingham City Council have started voting in an industrial action ballot.

The government will be taken to court for a third time over its plans to tackle the UK’s illegal levels of air pollution.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has pledged support for UK public services, attacking Tory education and health policy.

Women working at Glasgow City Council have secured an equal pay victory at court.