{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6177c48df62eb80013741032/6a8ecacd7d95e52c970fec88?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Messy Business: DEFRA’s new top brass and a ‘waste crime crackdown’","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6177c48df62eb80013741032/1787742944882-6025ce00-4ac8-4aef-98f7-934a1769ea42.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On 20 July, Andy Burnham became prime minister alongside his newly appointed secretaries of state, including Dame Angela Eagle who took the reins at DEFRA.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In the days that followed, new DEFRA ministers were announced, but it’s taken until now for their briefs to be confirmed. </p><p><br></p><p>In this week’s episode, ENDS Report editor Jamie Carpenter explains what the department’s minister will need to contend with as they get across their portfolios.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>The team also speaks with Sam Riggs, an environmental barrister at 25 Bedford Row, about the government’s latest crackdown on waste crime, fly-tipping and the boosted powers for the Environment Agency.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Riggs believes the new fiscal powers granted to the EA will have little impact on the ground. Speaking with podcast host James Agyepong-Parsons, Riggs explains what needs to be done if DEFRA actually wants to ‘crackdown’ on waste crime.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>PLUS</strong></p><ul><li>The montagu’s harrier chicks hatched in a <a href=\"https://www.endsreport.com/article/1968086/delighted-uks-rarest-bird-raises-chicks-second-year-running\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">secret location</a> of England.</li><li>Campaigners take the government to court over <a href=\"https://www.endsreport.com/article/1967983/government-faces-court-battle-water-company-special-administration-policy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Special Administration Regime</a> arrangements with water companies</li><li>And the new ‘<a href=\"https://www.endsreport.com/article/1968151/eia-development-exempted-proposed-extension-mayoral-planning-powers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">call in</a>’ planning powers mooted for mayors</li></ul><p><br></p><p>The ECO Chamber is brought to you by the journalists of ENDS Report.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Environmental Data Services (ENDS)"}