New piece by me, Sarah Butler and Jack Simpson 💚 on looming food shortages and price hike due to extreme weather theguardian.com/environment/20…

❗At this rate, it will be two decades after the Grenfell tragedy before all buildings are fixed, and until then, leaseholders and residents are trapped in limbo.

Jack Simpson 💚 reports on new figures showing the extent of the building safety crisis 👇

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- Thames Water 💧 absent from industry’s £180m anti-pollution drive

- Ministers disappointed by decision of one of worst sewage dumpers not to join England-wide initiative

#sewage
Story by Jack Simpson 💚
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Oh, this is glorious 👏

The heavy rain this winter has been devastating for farmers up and down the country. Thousands of acres of crops have been destroyed and farmers have come under severe financial pressure. Many feel abandoned by the gov. My piece with Helena Horton theguardian.com/environment/20…

Worked with Jack Simpson 💚 on a piece from #NFU24 about the terrible floods which have hit farmers and crop yields, and the lack of support given to those with businesses underwater for months theguardian.com/environment/20…

My story today on the extra costs that companies exporting food to the EU have had to pay since leaving the single market.

Important to point out that these are just the cost of health certificates. Overall costs likely to be far greater theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

New Brexit checks come into force today on food, drink & some agric products. Goods from Britain have faced similar controls from EU since it left single market, but UK has repeatedly put off checks in other direction.

Explainer here fr Jack Simpson 💚

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This week the UK will see the biggest change to the way it imports food since Brexit.

I’ve been talking to biz about the new border checks.

What I have found is widespread confusion, fears over escalating costs and a genuine belief new borders won’t cope theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Private house building starts in England in 2023 Q3 were 65.7% lower than in Q2 & 48.9% lower than a year earlier according to the latest data from DCLG although note that this was sharp drop in private house building starts was expected given that... (1/n)
#ukhousing #housing

My story leading The Guardian website this morning.

There are widespread concerns from UK growers that delays at the new post-Brexit border posts could see the young plant imports that they are dependent on becoming unusable.
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For months, I have been working with environmental experts to track the gaping chasm in environmental law between the UK and the EU since Brexit. The results are shocking, and the The Guardian has just published them theguardian.com/environment/20…

Richard Howson was the CEO of Carillion in the year's before it collapsed. It employed 12,000 people and collapsed owing suppliers £7bn.

Last year, he got an eight-year boardroom ban in the UK.

So, what happened to Richard next? Me for the The Guardian
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Wondering why the government put up inflation again after all of their fine work in cutting it - strange move

Yesterday saw more US strikes on Houthi positions in Yemen as part of its campaign to protect Red Sea trade.

But is the action increasing confidence in the shipping sector, or having the opposite affect?

My analysis for The Guardian
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When I spent the first 10 years of my career on trade magazines a lot of people (almost exclusively wealthier, better connected ones) sneered. It was the best possible journalistic training. Standards and expectations were consistently extremely high, and still are