Sadiq Khan: ‘Free young people from Brexit work and travel ban’
London mayor calls for ‘youth mobility agreement’ in one of the most pro-European interventions by a Labour politician since EU exit
September 2023
Ex-environment secretary to take role at UK waste firm fined for polluting water
George Eustice given consultancy job with Augean, which had to pay £36,000 after groundwater contaminated
August 2023
Watchdog gives George Eustice strict rules for new consultancy firm
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Tory deputy chair Lee Anderson ‘very angry’ small boat arrivals numbers may have passed 100,000 – as it happened
July 2023
We need more EU workers, admits leading Tory Brexiter
George Eustice, the former environment secretary, is calling for a reciprocal visa scheme so that under-35s can work across the EU and Britain
March 2023
Stay-at-home motherhood being undermined, says senior Tory MP
Exclusive: George Eustice criticises push to get parents back to work, saying women’s ‘natural nurturing role’ should be valued
January 2023
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
No 10 defends Zahawi after reports he paid millions to settle tax dispute – as it happened
MPs to hear plan to get rural households to run heating on vegetable oil
November 2022
Edwin Poots defends attempt to dilute Northern Ireland protocol bill
Former DUP leader said it was ‘entirely responsible’ to support farmers who could lose out under post-Brexit subsidy rules
Flagship post-Brexit Australia trade deal ‘not actually very good’, MPs hear
Former minister George Eustice tells Commons senior civil servant in charge of negotiations should be replaced
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
UK gave away ‘too much for too little’ in free trade deal with Australia, says former minister, blaming Truss – as it happened
George Eustice says the free trade deal with Australia – hailed by Boris Johnson as one of the big gains from Brexit – was poor
September 2022
Eustice defends ‘utter failure’ of efforts to cut raw sewage discharges in England
Environment secretary responds to criticism of plan to stop ‘literal shit being pumped into rivers and seas’
August 2022
Energy price crisis at top of both Tory candidates’ in-trays, says minister
Liz Truss has refused to enshrine animal welfare in trade deals, says minister
Liz Truss cabinet predictions: who could be in and who would lose out?
Minister calls on water firms to introduce more hosepipe bans
July 2022
New Tory leader won’t ditch UK’s net-zero target, says minister
George Eustice reassures public as he announces 50 landowners have applied to rewilding programme
June 2022
UK government to scrap European law protecting special habitats
Environment secretary George Eustice wants to amend Habitats Directive, which protects Natura 2000 sites
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Government wins vote on second reading of Northern Ireland protocol bill – as it happened
Former PM condemns draft legislation; former Tory chief whip says bill ‘trashes our reputation’
Only a tiny minority of rural Britons are farmers – so why do they hold such sway?
George Monbiot
The government pretends that farming and the countryside are synonymous – and our environment suffers as a result, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
