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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), has reminded employers of some of the essential steps in making workplaces Covid-secure, following the Prime Minister’s announcement on 22 September 2020 of the latest rules in the pandemic.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has urged employers to keep legionella risks under control during the coronavirus pandemic, following a recent outbreak of the disease in the Midlands.

The Government’s housing ambitions cannot only rely upon volume housebuilders, according to Housing Diversification, a new action group.

It is to say the least unusual for a Chancellor to cancel one of the Government’s financial set-pieces of the year — in this case the Autumn Budget planned for November — but as Rishi Sunak explained to fellow MPs these are unprecedented times.

A sugar campaign group has called for more honest labelling on “healthy” fruit snacks with high sugar contents, as it commented on the current government consultation on front of pack labelling (FOPL) in the UK.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for mandatory face coverings to be extended to offices and other workplaces.

All surface water bodies in England are failing to meet chemical pollution standards and less than 20% of rivers meet ecological standards, Defra figures reveal.

The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tightened up national lockdown rules to tackle a second rise in coronavirus infections.

The outdoor use of metaldehyde, a pesticide used to control slugs on farms and in gardens, is set to be banned in Great Britain.

Industrial services company Leadec has been fined after a worker suffered a fatal injury while cleaning waste-water pipes.