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Use Brexit freedom to stop French fishing boats from 'pillaging our waters': Green Tory MPs back Rishi Sunak in growing row with Paris over UK ban on bottom trawlers wreaking havoc in protected areas
Britain must use its Brexit freedom to keep destructive French fishing boats out of protected UK waters, Tory MPs have warned amid a...
Apr 17, 20241 min read

Monty Don says gardeners using peat are ‘irresponsible’ and calls for government ban
Monty Don has said gardeners who use peat are “lazy and irresponsible”, as he backs a new push for the Government to introduce a...
Apr 16, 20242 min read

London Playbook: FOR PEAT’S SAKE
MPs and celebrities are calling for a ban on the sale of peat to protect peatlands, a habitat for many plant and animal species....
Apr 16, 20241 min read

Conservationists and celebrities urge Government to back Bill to ban peat sales
Wildlife campaigners and celebrities are calling for the Government to support efforts to bring in a promised ban on sales of peat for...
Apr 16, 20241 min read

Give landlords tax breaks to make 'Europe's leakiest homes' more energy efficient and cut bills for renters, Jeremy Hunt is told by Tory MPs who say it will also make Britain less reliant on foreign g
Tory MPs are pushing the government to give domestic landlords tax cuts if they make their homes more energy efficient in order to cut...
Apr 16, 20242 min read

Government Urged To Boost Support For Killing "Menace" Grey Squirrels
A group of Tory MPs are calling on the government to increase the grants provided to landowners to trap and cull grey squirrels, and...
Apr 10, 20241 min read

New-build homes must be fitted with solar panels, say Tory MPs
Conservative MPs have demanded the Government require all new homes to be fitted with solar panels to boost the UK’s energy security....
Apr 4, 20241 min read

Taxpayers spending millions of pounds each year to clean blighted communities, MP warns
Tory MP Selaine Saxby said it is an “intrinsically conservative value” to take pride in local communities. She added: “Unfortunately,...
Apr 3, 20241 min read

Green Tories call for ‘environmental offer’ after sewage in rivers outcry
Tory environmentalists said the Government needed to do more to tackle the sewage crisis, with the Conservative Environment Network...
Mar 27, 20241 min read

Tory environmental group reacts to Budget
Sam Hall, Conservative Environment Network’s director, said: “Although the environment wasn’t a major focus, there were some green...
Mar 6, 20241 min read

MPs call for end to 'unfair pavement tax' costing electric vehicle drivers £227 a year
MPs have called for an end to “unfair pavement tax” which sees electric vehicle owners paying £227 more to charge their car than drivers...
Mar 4, 20241 min read

Tory MPs want mandatory community benefits to boost take up of renewables across Britain
Tory MPs have urged the Government to introduce mandatory community benefits to win local support for new renewable energy projects....
Feb 27, 20241 min read

Tories call for 'Clarkson clause' to relax planning rules for farmers
A group of pro-green Conservative MPs is championing the introduction of a "Clarkson clause" named after the popular television presenter...
Feb 13, 20241 min read

Jeremy Clarkson hailed as top Tories call for ‘Clarkson’s Clause’ to encourage farm shops
The Conservative Environment Network also want to force supermarkets to pay more for food that meets sustainability standards and to...
Feb 12, 20241 min read

Masters of the (fresh country) air: Ministers urged to relax drone flying rules so farmers can use UAVs to precision bomb weeds and use less harmful pesticides on their crops
Aviation rules covering drones should be relaxed to allow farmers to use them to precision bomb weeds from the air, ministers have been...
Feb 12, 20241 min read

Tory MPs back calls for 'buy British' button on supermarket websites
Tory MPs have backed calls for a “buy British” button on supermarket websites to support local farmers. Duncan Baker and Alicia Kearns...
Feb 12, 20241 min read

England's green and pleasant land goes red as voters in more than half of the most rural constituencies switch support to Labour - as environmentalist Tory MPs say Brexit freedoms must be used to help
In a report endorsed by 27 MPs the Conservative Environment Network (CEN) is calling for inheritance tax on farmland to be abolished...
Feb 12, 20242 min read

Tories call for ‘Clarkson clause’ to encourage farm shops
A “Clarkson clause” should allow farmers to open farm shops without needing planning permission, according to a group of pro-green Tory...
Feb 12, 20241 min read

Inheritance tax rules should not punish green farmers
British farmers are angry, even if their response is not quite as dramatic as that of their French counterparts. Across the Channel, they...
Feb 10, 20242 min read

Hunt urged to scrap inheritance taxes ‘punishing’ eco-friendly farmers
Now, the Conservative Environment Network (CEN) is urging the Chancellor to overhaul the system in next month’s Budget. In a farming...
Feb 10, 20241 min read
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