Local leaders, customers and businesses are to set regional priorities for sewage, flooding, drought and future supplies under the new councils, while mayors gain stronger powers under the Water Bill to call water companies to account.
The Government has formally adopted the long term bovine TB strategy for England, with cattle vaccination aimed for 2030, an expanded badger vaccination force, and 2026 standing as the first year in over a decade with no badgers culled.
The Monetary Policy Committee voted 8-1 to lift Bank Rate by a quarter point to 4 per cent, as one member pressed for a half point rise and the Bank warned that higher energy prices could yet feed through into pay and prices.
Registrations of drug poisoning deaths in England and Wales totalled 5,519 in 2025, and cocaine overtook heroin or morphine as the substance mentioned most often, a first since the series began in 1993.
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Local leaders, customers and businesses are to set regional priorities for sewage, flooding, drought and future supplies under the new councils, while mayors gain stronger powers under the Water Bill to call water companies to account.
The Monetary Policy Committee voted 8-1 to lift Bank Rate by a quarter point to 4 per cent, as one member pressed for a half point rise and the Bank warned that higher energy prices could yet feed through into pay and prices.
The Government has formally adopted the long term bovine TB strategy for England, with cattle vaccination aimed for 2030, an expanded badger vaccination force, and 2026 standing as the first year in over a decade with no badgers culled.
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