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Where the Tories, Labour, Reform and more stand on sewage crisis as campaigners demand end
Perhaps a new version of the Conservative party, reverting to its small ‘c’ conservative roots might emerge post-election, incorporating...
Jun 21, 20241 min read
The Conservative Party has a proud story to tell on the environment - voters want to hear it
John Flesher | BuseinssGreen
Jun 17, 20244 min read
Green Tories warn Rishi Sunak not to junk Net Zero targets in a panic over Reform and Nigel Farage as poll suggests keeping climate pledges could help win back more lost 2019 voters than ditching them
Rishi Sunak is today facing pressure from green Tories not to junk Net Zero policies in a panic over the return of Nigel Farage ,...
Jun 5, 20244 min read
Green Tories urge their party not to cede environmental leadership to the left
Green Tories have urged their party to build on Conservative environmental successes with a raft of proposals to boost nature and tackle...
Jun 4, 20242 min read
Green Tories demand ministers use Brexit freedoms to stop EU fishing vessels damaging UK
Sam Hall, director of the Conservative Environment Network (CEN), said: "Freed from the shackles of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy...
Jun 4, 20242 min read
Green Tories call for climate change commitments
Green Tories have urged their party not to “cede environmental leadership to the left” (Seren Hughes writes). Sam Hall, director of the...
Jun 4, 20241 min read
Lord William Hague's speech at CEN's Sam Barker Memorial Lecture
Lord William Hague | Speech
May 28, 202414 min read
Chris Grayling named top green MP by Conservative Environment Network
The Conservative Environment Network named their favourite MP as … Chris Grayling. Despite not being renowned for his action on the...
May 22, 20241 min read
Blair and Hague like ‘two old guys on park bench setting world to rights’
Lord Hague has said that he and Sir Tony Blair are like “two old guys on a park bench setting the world to rights”, as he revealed the...
May 21, 20241 min read
Sensible, pragmatic policy can improve water quality in the UK
Kitty Thompson | BusinessGreen
May 20, 20244 min read
Tourists on British beaches are being 'scared out of the water' by fears of sewage, says Tory MP demanding year-round sophisticated water quality checks amid crisis in Devon
Tourists have been left afraid to go into the water off UK beaches because of fears the sea is contaminated with sewage, a senior Tory MP...
May 19, 20241 min read
We must unleash the private sector to reforest the UK
Trees are seemingly everywhere, and yet we are still not planting enough of them. It is time to accept that charitable efforts and public...
May 16, 20243 min read
Conservatives understand the philosophical importance of trees. We must plant more.
Kitty Thompson | ConservativeHome
May 13, 20244 min read
Green Tories back plans to boost UK woodlands
New manifesto from Conservative Environment Network comes amid fears government could break promise on peat compost ban and relax UK...
May 13, 20245 min read
Tory row to ignite over subsidies to wood-burning power stations
But a decision to continue subsidies would spark a Tory row as a report by the Conservative Environment Network urges ministers not to...
May 13, 20241 min read
Serve VENISON in schools and hospitals to help control deer population, Tory MPs tell government as they warn 'cheap and abundant homegrown meat' championed by Jeremy Clarkson on Clarkson's Farm is be
Ministers are being urged to take action to protect the environment while also boosting UK food security and lowering family bills by...
May 13, 20242 min read
Ministers consider making UK’s carbon targets easier to meet
In other UK news, the Times reports that “ministers are preparing to extend subsidies to wood-burning power stations despite Tory MPs...
May 13, 20241 min read
MPs blast local authorities for wasting taxpayer money by planting wrong trees
The Conservative Environment Network (CEN) has called for action in its tree planting manifesto released today. Kitty Thompson, senior...
May 13, 20241 min read
Slash red tape to kick-start expansion of forests, Tory MPs say
In a manifesto to be launched this week, the Conservative Environment Network (CEN) say that fast tracked access to government cash for...
May 12, 20242 min read
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