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“We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to allow the local community in Wealden to decide how many houses should be built in the District up to 2026 since we object strongly to Government plans to direct the Council to make provision for building 11000 houses.”

The Prime Minister delivered a speech on the Roadmap to Copenhagen: the challenge of climate change and development, on Friday 26th June 2009.

The Government has released scientific figures showing how climate change could affect the UK if the world fails to take action on reducing emissions.

Number 10 will be doing its bit for the planet on Saturday by joining in with WWF’s Earth Hour.

Remarks by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to the Low Carbon Industrial Strategy Summit, 6 march 2009.

The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointments of Professor Maria Lee, Professor Peter Matthews, Professor Joanne Scott and Professor Michael Roberts as members of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution for a term of three years with effect from 6 February 2009.
24 February 2009

Small businesses, VAT cuts and the New Opportunities White Paper were on the agenda at today’s PMQs.

“My Government will bring forward measures to protect the environment for future generations. A Bill will be introduced to manage marine resources and to create a new right of public access to the coastline.”

The Bill will deliver modern, streamlined regulation; provide better protection for marine life; introduce planning of the seas and integrate it with [...]