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Steph Spyro

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

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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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 · 10/02/2025
🚜 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...
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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...
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
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 · 07/12/2024
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...
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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 · 04/12/2024
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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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Some infographic (farming) fun:
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
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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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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."
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Very fun morning talking all things climate and nature with @markfunnell.bsky.social 🌎
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
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 👀
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🧑‍🌾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
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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...
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I’m at the CLA Rural Business Conference this morning where Environment Secretary Steve Reed will be speaking soon.
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
"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 🚜👩‍🌾
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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.”
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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.
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Express’s front page for Monday. Labour’s war on farmers is “threat to food security”.
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Nothing beats spending time in nature! Lovely outing to the New Forest yesterday 🍂
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Steph Spyro @stephspyro.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Twenty MPs have backed calls for Sea Life London Aquarium to free 15 Gentoo penguins currently being kept in a windowless basement without fresh air or daylight. The parliamentarians represent the Lib Dems, Labour and the Green Party. edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
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