Steph Spyro
Politics and environment at the Daily Express. steph.spyro@reachplc.com
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- 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.
- Feargal Sharkey has revealed that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer following a visit to his doctor for a sore throat. The Undertones singer is doing “very well” after the cancer was “resolved” a year ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pCf...
- Chris Packham has led a demonstration of 150 scientists demanding politicians “bring science to politics”. @sciencetopolitics.bsky.social www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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- 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.
- Delighted to be shortlisted for environment journalist of the year at the Press Awards - and alongside hugely talented and hard working colleagues! 🌎👊 www.thepressawards.com/shortlist?ut...
- 🚜 The Daily Express will be at farmers' inheritance tax raid protest later today in Westminster. 👩🌾 Our coverage kicked off at 7am and will continue into this evening. ✏️ Visit our live blog for the latest: www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
- Campaigners have slammed London aquarium’s “disingenuous” claim that its “captive” gentoo penguins (with a stable population in the wild) are raising awareness of the critically endangered Africa Penguin. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
- A worried farmer has pleaded for Rachel Reeves to reverse her “brutal” inheritance raid. Dairy farmer Ro Collingborn, 74, warned the future of her children and grandchildren is at risk because of the policy which is causing “great distress”. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
- 🚨 Excited to share that I'm now the Deputy Political Editor at the Express. I will continue to champion the environment from Westminster and beyond 🌍👊
- Wildlife presenter @chrisgpackham.bsky.social has accused Labour of being "complicit" in the slaughter of thousands of dolphins in the Faroe Islands. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
- 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.
- 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...
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- 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...
- Farmers could choke off food supplies across the country if Sir Keir Starmer’s Government continues its attack on their livelihoods. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
- 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.
- Three Labour MPs have more than 1,000 farms in their constituencies and that another 47 Labour MPs have between 60 and 994 farms.
- 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.
- Some infographic (farming) fun:
- Millions of homeowners face paying "marathon mortgages" stretching into their retirement because of high interest rates, pension experts have warned. Ultra-long, or extended, mortgages have become more popular in recent years. @stevewebb1.bsky.social www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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- Farmer Tom Martin has cancelled deliveries of sewage sludge in protest against Sir Keir Starmer’s “stinky” inheritance tax policy. He tells me many family farms - his included - would be lost within a generation if Labour's tax raid goes ahead. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
- Olly Harrison said he could be forced to sell around a third of the family's farm when he inherits it from his father Thomas, 76, to pay tax bills. The fifth-generation farmer said: “You are stealing our children’s future and destroying the hard work of generations before us."
- From the newsroom to the tractor seat 🚜 Express reporter Katie Harris traded her pen for a plough (well, almost) to dig up the real story on inheritance tax. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SezW...
- Several people telling me today the Government is close to climbing down on farmers' inheritance tax raid 👀 Comes after National Farmers Union President Tom Bradshaw met Sir Keir Starmer yesterday.
- A petition demanding a fresh election will be debated in Parliament on January 6 as signatures reach 2.8million. The Petitions Committee has announced that the call will be considered in Westminster Hall in the New Year. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
- Devoted farmer Olly Harrison has issued a rallying call on behalf of the industry, urging the Government not to "steal our children’s future". The father of three fears he will no longer be able to pass on his family business after the budget raid on inheritances. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
- Very fun morning talking all things climate and nature with @markfunnell.bsky.social 🌎
- Farming minister Daniel Zeichner has refused to confirm when Environment Secretary Steve Reed first discussed the changes to agricultural and business property relief with Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of last month's budget. Some suggestions it was the day before 👀
- 🧑🌾Farmers are facing a “perfect storm” of challenges following Labour’s inheritance tax raid. 🚜Rising energy costs, record wet weather, Rachel Reeves’ IHT raid and subsidy changes risk destroying the sector. @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social
- In 2024, 37 bathing waters in England (8.2%) did not meet the minimum standards, and were classified as "poor".
- A forgotten corner of William the Conqueror’s hunting forest has become a sanctuary for some of Britain’s most threatened wildlife. The red-listed woodcock and lesser spotted woodpecker have all found a home on a 93 acre plot of land called Horse Common. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
- Environment Secretary Steve Reed refused to apologise for the anxiety and frustration caused by the Government over inheritance tax changes in the budget. When I asked him whether he was sorry, he said: “It’s hard to be sorry for trying to make this country’s economy and the public services work.”
- A farmer has just asked Environment Secretary Steve Reed how many people will have to take their own lives before he realises the “wretchedness” of Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax raid at last month’s budget.
- I’m at the CLA Rural Business Conference this morning where Environment Secretary Steve Reed will be speaking soon.
- Rachel Reeves' budget will hike inflation further amid its sharpest increase for two years, Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride has said. UK inflation has risen to its highest level since April driven by an increase in household energy bills, official figures show. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
- Angela Rayner has failed to rule out more inheritance tax raids on farmers despite the changes announced at last month's budget. Up to 10,000 descended on Whitehall in London yesterday to protest against Rachel Reeves' decisions. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
- "If we don't have a next generation, there will be no future for farming. It is the backbone of this country. Without it we cannot survive." The front page of today's Daily Express 🚜👩🌾
- Jeremy Clarkson urges ministers to "please back down" as he leads a charge of angry farmers in Westminster who are furious about Rachel Reeves' inheritance tax raid. When asked how bad this could be for farmers, he said: "It's the end." www.express.co.uk/news/politic... 📸 @calgie.bsky.social
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- NFU President Tom Bradshaw gets a round of applause from farmers when he says “the human impact of this policy [inheritance tax] is simply not acceptable. It’s wrong.”
- Hundreds of farmers are filing into Church House in Westminster to listen to National Farmers Union president Tom Bradshaw speak soon. He will take aim at Labour over its inheritance tax raid which threatens to destroy the sector.
- Interesting that the government has sent out a policing minister to bat for them this morning on the broadcast round instead of a Defra minister - especially with the main story in town being farmer protests in Central London.
- Tractors have begun circling parliament ahead of a mass protest in Westminster. Around 20,000 farmers are expected to descend on the capital to voice their anger over Rachel Reeves' changes to inheritance tax at last month's budget. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
- We have several reporters on the ground in London this morning to bring readers the latest from farming protests in a (wet and freezing) Westminster. Follow our live blog for the latest updates 👇 www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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- Came across this while looking for photos of Theresa May meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2018. Sir Keir Starmer will become the first UK Prime Minister to meet Xi today since May six years ago. Here's May's handshake with Putin in 2019 👇 📸 Getty
- Express’s front page for Monday. Labour’s war on farmers is “threat to food security”.
- Labour’s “desperate” bid to pay other countries to help end the Channel migrant crisis will fail, critics have declared. The PM opened the door to copying Italian premier Giorgia Meloni by paying countries to beat trafficking gangs and signing more returns deals. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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