'Private agencies now own 36% of the fostering sector in England, while profit-making corporations own 83% of children’s residential care. “Blocks of provision” – which means numbers of children – are traded from one company to another.'
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Home to the largest no. of Green-winged Orchids in Shropshire, Minsterley Meadows is special. It’s now for sale & at risk - just 1 year without management will mean numbers plummet! 🌱💔

Middle Marches Land Trust are fundraising to secure its future: middlemarchescommunitylandtrust.org.uk

Are you a moth-trapper with a spare 10 minutes? If so, please fill in the following survey aiming to understand moth-ers and their relationship with insects in traps 🐝🦋 Please share! qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_55…
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Yikes! Gov's plan to encourage development while protecting wildlife 'biodiversity net gain' slammed by its own watchdog
'Gov has a long way to go before it can be confident that damage won't be understated & that the benefits will actually be delivered'
nao.org.uk/reports/implem…

Everything they are doing to the NHS, they did to British Rail:

* Underfunded it
* Exhausted the service
* Got the public angry
* Then said privatisation is the solution

Please RT if you can see what is going on

'Clothes haven’t got cheaper, they’ve just got worse. In the process, we’ve binned five & a half million jobs making these things well, & it’s absolutely killed communities.”

#Fashion
theguardian.com/fashion/articl…

'Despite concerns, there has been “no conflict” with livestock farming, according to Stephen Egerton-Read, Forestry England’s white-tailed eagle project officer.'
itv.com/news/meridian/…

'Lewis said a government bailout would send a dangerous signal to other utilities that reckless decisions carry no private risk. He urged Ofwat to reject Thames Water’s request to increase bills, face lower pollution fines & continue to pay dividends.'
theguardian.com/environment/ar…

'If ever there was a time for a decisive transition towards food security [....] A Land Use Framework that sets out a progressive plan for sustainably producing food in the UK whilst securing 30% of land for wildlife must be the starting point.'
wildlifetrusts.org/blog/uk-food-s…

'More than two-thirds of antibiotics go into farm animals, Davies said, usually to promote growth or prevent infections in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions rather than treat specific infections.'
theguardian.com/global-develop…

The UK Government has committed again and again to ban sales of peat in England.

Prime Minister - why spend public money to restore some peatlands when you still allow others to be dug up?

Why not ban peat in composts, as you have promised? It's an easy, necessary, action 💪

REMINDER:

Channel 4 News has revealed that the EA does not include water quality test results from bathing spots that have no-swim warnings posted, if they did the number of locations rated 'Poor' would double.

Ever get the feeling you'd been cheated?

channel4.com/news/do-we-kno…

'This time the court made it emphatically clear: the government cannot just cross its fingers & hope for high-risk technologies & uncertain policies to plug the huge gaps in its plans.'
clientearth.org/latest/news/we…

Water companies must be held to account. RT if you agree.
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'Boris Johnson’s government pledged to act to outlaw the environmentally endangered soil for domestic use by the end of 2024, but Rishi Sunak has not made it a priority & refused to introduce legislation for this parliamentary term.'

#ClimateCrisis
inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

'The NFU argued that limits on pesticide levels enshrined in the EU’s Drinking Water Directive are a “burden” on farmers & water companies, meeting notes show, because of the “amount they have to invest in systems to meet negligible requirements”. 
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/05/10/bre…

'Laws that protect people from potentially harmful pesticides and keep pollution out of our rivers should be strengthened for everyone’s benefit, not weakened to serve the interests of a few.'
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/05/10/bre…

'People should know when their food has been genetically altered so that they can choose whether to buy/eat it.'
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6556…

If you agree that we should ban urban pesticides, follow this link and send a message to your MP:
pan-uk.org/calling-on-mps… PAN UK

'According to my [Guy Singh-Watson] calculations, to have any chance of a robust green transition & consequent food security, farmers need an average 20% price rise, in addition to being paid for those all too often taken for granted “public goods”.'
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…