If money’s tight, why waste it on futile GB Energy?
The fiscal pain of this Budget will be worse because of needless GB energy, writes Conservative Environment Network director Sam Hall....
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Media coverage of the Conservative Environment Network's campaigns, events and proposals.
Oct 22
Labour blasted over farming Brexit betrayal ahead of looming budget
Labour’s plans to axe £100million from the budget of a key farming fund would be “a short sighted act of self harm”, a Tory MP has...
Oct 21
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 19
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 17
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 17
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 14
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 12
Why Labour’s Chagos handover is a win for China – and a disaster for the ecosystem
John Flesher, the deputy director of the Conservative Environment Network, agrees. “Many will rightly fear China’s clear desire to...
Oct 4
Labour's surrender of Chagos Islands risks world's largest marine protected area, warn MPs
John Flesher, deputy director of the Conservative Environment Network, said: “The government’s shameful decision to hand over British...
Sep 29
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 10
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 10
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 10
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...
Aug 20
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...
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