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Cutting nature-friendly farming budget would be act of self harm, say Tory MPs
Conservative MPs have urged the Government not to cut the budget for nature-friendly farming, saying it would harm food security and...
Oct 21, 20242 min read
Labour risks breaking manifesto pledge by Budget cut to farming fund
The Government risks breaching its manifesto promises if it cuts a flagship farming fund at the Budget, critics have claimed. The...
Oct 20, 20243 min read
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick urged to set out plans for environment
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick have been urged to set out their plans for bold environmental action. The Conservative Environment...
Oct 18, 20241 min read
Why on earth did we not say more about our great record on the environment?
The leadership election has energised our party again, but we must not forget why we are here. The last election was a painful one for...
Oct 18, 20243 min read
Green Tories urge leadership candidates to set out ‘strong environmental platform’
A network of Conservative politicians have urged the two remaining party leadership candidates to set out a ‘strong environmental...
Oct 18, 20241 min read
Tories warn of 'environmental disaster' in Chagos Islands with pristine ocean habitats left 'at the mercy of China' after Keir Starmer ceded sovereignty to Mauritius
Handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius would leave a 'pristine marine ecosystem' at the mercy of China, senior Tories warn today. They...
Oct 15, 20243 min read
The Chagos Islands. On environmental protection, we must not surrender our sovereignty.
It is shameful that the Government is giving away our sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. It threatens Western security by...
Oct 10, 20243 min read
Tackling climate change requires Conservative values
One hundred and forty-two years after the world’s first coal power plant opened on London’s Holborn Viaduct, the UK’s last operational...
Sep 30, 20243 min read
‘Keep farming budget intact’
The former Cabinet ministers added that although such schemes were becoming “increasingly popular”, the reported Labour cutbacks meant...
Sep 11, 20241 min read
Government warned of ‘massive own goal’ if it fails to deliver on farming budget
In a letter to the Telegraph, former Conservative environment secretaries and ministers including Michael Gove and Therese Coffey have...
Sep 11, 20241 min read
Farming budget cuts ‘could cost jobs and scupper net zero’
Meanwhile, Michael Gove and Rebecca Pow are among nine former environment and farming ministers who said a potential £100 million cut...
Sep 11, 20241 min read
Don't cut nature-friendly farm fund, urge Tories
Four former Conservative environment secretaries have warned the government against cutting a fund that pays farmers in England to plant...
Sep 11, 20242 min read
Tory environmentalists put one candidate ahead of all others - but big question remains
Green Tories have had their say on who should be the next leader of the party. While one candidate has a strong lead, the survey reveals...
Aug 21, 20242 min read
Tory Leadership Candidates Warned Treating Net Zero Like A "Burden" Is An "Electoral Mistake"
Framing net zero as a “burden” was an “electoral mistake” for the Tories, according to the director of the Conservative Environment...
Aug 17, 20244 min read
Starmer urged to ‘stand up to EU threats’ as Brexit ‘empowered’ UK to move away from ‘destructive’ bottom trawlers
Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to "stand up to the EU’s threats" and ban bottom trawling in a bid to make the most of the UK’s newfound...
Aug 9, 20242 min read
I’m proud of what we Tories did for nature – we should have told voters about it
For nearly all of the last Parliament, I had the privilege of serving as a Minister in Defra , helping champion nature and improve our...
Aug 4, 20243 min read
Tories did more to clean up rivers than people think, ex-minister claims
More was done tackle river pollution by the Conservative government than they get credit for, an ex-environment minister has said....
Aug 4, 20243 min read
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