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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 22, 20242 min read


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


The job opportunities and riches lying in landfill.. and in your drawers
Bert Evans-Bevan | CEN blog
Oct 18, 20242 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


International E-Waste Day 2024: Councillor webinar summary
Kitty Thompson | CEN blog
Oct 14, 20243 min read


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 13, 20241 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


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...
Oct 4, 20241 min read




A textiles EPR scheme can make businesses responsible for the waste they produce
Second hand clothes may have gone mainstream - but we still have a long way to go to fix our textile waste problem, writes Baroness...
Sep 26, 20244 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


Conservatism needs environmentalism
The election finished in July — thank goodness — and the right has moved on to the bit that everyone has been waiting not so patiently...
Aug 23, 20244 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
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