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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
Green Tories urge Jeremy Hunt to unveil Budget stamp duty cut for energy efficient homes that would reduce domestic bills and speed up improvements to UK homes that are the leakiest and coldest in Eur
Sam Hall, the director of CEN, added: 'At this critical pre-election Budget, the Chancellor will have to respond to calls from a wide...
Feb 7, 20241 min read
Developers must offer community benefits for green projects, Kwasi Kwarteng tells Sunak
Sam Hall, of the Conservative Environment Network, said: “High energy bills are front and centre in people’s minds going into this...
Feb 7, 20241 min read
MPs warn electricity prices must be "fair" to boost heat pump uptake
Duncan Baker said this will ensure families reap the benefits of Britain’s renewable energy to heat more homes. He added: “To see further...
Jan 17, 20241 min read
‘Green’ Tories attempt to block funding for Drax carbon capture project
Peter Bottomley MP said: “The proposed technology is not proven. “There must be no further subsidies for burning trees in our power...
Jan 17, 20241 min read
Alok Sharma attacks Rishi Sunak’s ‘smoke and mirrors’ oil bill
The Conservative Environment Network, a group representing around 150 Tories, said the benefits of the new bill “should not be...
Jan 9, 20241 min read
Government Denies Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill Is "Smoke And Mirrors"
However, Sam Hall, Director of the Conservative Environment Network (CEN), told PoliticsHome on Monday that he believed the legislation...
Jan 9, 20241 min read
Force developers to offer perks for green energy projects, Tories say
Sam Hall, director of the Conservative Environment Network of more than 150 MPs and peers, said: “The growth in Britain’s renewable...
Dec 29, 20231 min read
Cheaper EV charging and green tax cuts: Jeremy Hunt’s Net Zero options for Spring Budget
Jeremy Hunt should unleash a wave of green tax cuts to help build public support for the drive towards net zero, Conservative...
Dec 25, 20234 min read
MPs urge mandatory food waste date disclosure by big businesses and supermarkets
“Mandating the reporting of this data for large food businesses would incentivise them to cut their food waste.” Kitty Thompson, CEN’s...
Dec 23, 20231 min read
Spotted … at the Conservative Environment Network’s Christmas Reception
Also spotted … at the Conservative Environment Network’s Christmas Reception at the Terrace Pavilion with speeches from Energy...
Dec 19, 20231 min read
Urging Conservative alternative to Labour including tax cuts for home improvements and strong backin
Sam Hall, the director of the Conservative Environment Network, told MailOnline: 'Some within the Conservative movement sought to...
Dec 1, 20231 min read
Grey squirrels slammed as 'menace' to UK nature, green experts warn
Kitty Thompson, nature programme manager at the Conservative Environment Network, said: “Grey squirrels are a menace to British...
Nov 30, 20231 min read
Kwasi Kwarteng Says COP28 Should Not "Bully" Developing Countries To Net Zero
Britain and the Western world must ensure action and dialogue to tackle climate change does not become part of a “neocolonial bubble”...
Nov 27, 20231 min read
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