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Steph Spyro

@stephspyro.bsky.social

Politics and environment at the Daily Express. steph.spyro@reachplc.com

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Steph Spyro@stephspyro.bsky.social · last yr.

Labour is set to “bulldoze” vital environmental protections which could put Britain’s ancient woodlands in line for the chopping block, experts fear. Nature groups, such as the Woodland Trust, have slammed the Government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

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Oceana UK@oceanauk.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Scientists are calling out UK govt for failing to protect our seas from bottom trawling! 20 top marine scientists are demanding a ban in protected areas. Ocean havens MUST be more that just lines on a map. 🌊 ✍️ Covered by @stephspyro.bsky.social www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Keir Starmer told to use Brexit freedoms to shut down 'destructive' fishing

Prime Minister is being urged to make good on his pre-election promise for a total ban on bottom trawling in the UK's marine protected areas.

express.co.uk

Steph Spyro@stephspyro.bsky.social · last yr.

Free the 15! Protesters will gather outside London Aquarium on Saturday from 1pm-3pm to demonstrate against their penguin enclosure. 🐧 15 gentoos are held in a basement habitat with no fresh air or day light.

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Steph Spyro@stephspyro.bsky.social · 2y ago

An average water bill for Southern Water customers is £420. This will rocket to £642 over the next five years. That's a steep 53% rise - the highest increase of all water companies.

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Steph Spyro@stephspyro.bsky.social · 2y ago

There Labour MPs, who have posed with WASPI placards, have so far been silent on the Government's confirmation that the 1950s-born women would not receive a penny for the way they were impacted by changes to the state pension age. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Full list of the 79 Labour MPs who have broken WASPI promise

At least 79 Labour MPs have previously pledged their support with WASPI campaigners by holding placards have been silent since the Government's announced no compensation for the 1950s-botn women.

express.co.uk

Tom Calver@tomcalver.bsky.social · 2y ago

How have drinking rates changed for different generations? Among men, it's a predictable pattern: almost every birth cohort is drinking less than the one before it was at the same age. And today, '50s kids are drinking 2/3 more than those born in the 90s... 1/2

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Steph Spyro@stephspyro.bsky.social · 2y ago

Are civil servants working from home more under Labour? Officials at the Department for Business and Trade bought 199 computer screen monitors between July and November at £31,898 Compares to 127 monitors in the 5 months before the election for £21,667. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Keir Starmer accused of creating 'two-tier economy' as more civil servants WFH

More computer screen monitors have been purchased by one department for home working after July than before the general election, figures show.

express.co.uk

Steph Spyro@stephspyro.bsky.social · 2y ago

Florence Harris, 8, was pictured on our front page brandishing a placard that read “When I grow I up I WANTED to be a FARMER” during the mass protest outside Westminster last month. Now she has spoken out powerfully on behalf of farming families up and down the country.

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Steph Spyro@stephspyro.bsky.social · 2y ago

Labour MPs must stand up for farmers today when Kemi Badenoch forces a Commons vote to try and save family farms, the Tories have urged. Shadow environment Secretary Victoria Atkins said the inheritance tax raid risks farm closures and the destruction of rural communities.

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