New Environment Secretary Steve Reed used x (formerly known as twitter) to set out the top 5 priorities for Defra in the new parliament. These are:

1. Rivers and seas clean up
2. Zero waste economy
3. Support famers for food security
4. Nature recovery
5. Protecting communities from flooding

Also of interest, these key points from CIWEM – Labour landslide – but will it spell a deluge of water policy?

• Labour must bust the myth that growth and housing can’t be done in line with net zero and resilience
• What will the relationship with farmers be?
• Flood resilience task force – what does “completed on time” mean in practice?
• Regulatory shake-up?
• Lib Dems and Greens will keep Labour honest