Our response to the 2017 Spring Budget
Responding to the Spring Budget on 8th March 2017
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Budget 2024 preview: To grow the economy, Labour must grow nature
Ahead of the Budget announcement on Wednesday 30th October, here are three key priorities The Wildlife Trusts will be watching for.
Recovery of nature must be at heart of government’s proposals for future farming
Call to recognise the value of wild places as government consultation closes
Budget 2020 – significant new funding needed to restore nature and tackle climate change
The Government has today unveiled its first Budget since the general election.
Nature-friendly farming budget escapes cuts but leaves Defra with important decisions to make
With the details of the Labour Government’s long anticipated Budget now unveiled, The Wildlife Trusts’ Senior Land Use Policy Manager Barnaby Coupe looks at the implications for Defra’s flagship…
New report reveals that nature-friendly farming budget is inadequate to meet climate and nature targets
- New report reveals that UK Government must significantly increase nature-friendly farming budget to meet climate and nature targets
- RSPB, National Trust and The Wildlife Trusts call…
Watchdog or lapdog? A test of the Government's commitment to nature
With an announcement due any day on a new Environment Bill, Russell Cooper, Public Affairs Manager at The Wildlife Trusts, shares his expectations of the Government at this critical time for the…
Nature must be at the heart of the Government’s vision for energy and food security
The UK Government is set to publish an Energy Independence Plan and we are already seeing farming lobbyists push for greater intensive farming. These approaches fail to recognise the need to put a…
Bad news for bees: Government reverses ban on bee-killing neonicotinoids
The Government has bowed to pressure from the National Farmers Union and agreed to authorise the use of the highly damaging neonicotinoid thiamethoxam for the treatment of sugar beet seed in 2021…
The Wildlife Trusts publish list of the UK’s Government’s broken promises to nature
King’s Speech must herald progress for nature or key UK Government pledge will fail.
Next week’s King’s Speech must signal a better future for the UK’s struggling natural environment –…
Government’s planning reforms must address the nature and climate crisis
The Wildlife Trusts call for a new designation – Wildbelt – to allow nature’s recovery
Public urged to rewild planning system by responding to consultation
Response to Government announcement re nature, farming and climate
The Government are failing to deliver sustainable agriculture that addresses the nature and climate crises.