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Tories call for 'Clarkson clause' to relax planning rules for farmers
A group of pro-green Conservative MPs is championing the introduction of a "Clarkson clause" named after the popular television presenter...
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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 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
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
Mandatory food waste reporting: A simple policy that could have major impact
Andrew Selous MP | BusinessGreen
Dec 5, 20234 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
Robin Walker: Tree-planting embodies Conservative environmentalism. The Government must encourage it
Robin Walker MP | ConservativeHome
Nov 28, 20234 min read
Robert Buckland: ‘The government must do more to protect Great British Penguins’
Sir Robert Buckland MP | Politics.co.uk
Nov 24, 20232 min read
Robert Buckland: Hunt cannot afford to let the EU overtake us on decarbonisation
Sir Robert Buckland MP | ConservativeHome
Nov 21, 20233 min read
Oliver Heald: Ministers must expand the Blue Belt in our Overseas Territories to shield
Sir Oliver Heald MP | ConservativeHome
Nov 10, 20233 min read
Kitty Thompson and Oliver Kerr: Protecting Great British Penguins at CPC23
Kitty Thompson and Oliver Kerr | CEN Blog
Oct 30, 20233 min read
Let’s have clear labelling on what can be recycled but leave councils with flexibility on collection
Forcing residents to sort their household waste into seven different bins is generally agreed to be madness. But seizing the opportunity...
Oct 20, 20234 min read
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