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Tory MPs want mandatory community benefits to boost take up of renewables across Britain
Tory MPs have urged the Government to introduce mandatory community benefits to win local support for new renewable energy projects....
Feb 27, 20241 min read
Mandatory community benefits can boost take up of renewables across Britain
Richard Graham | The Daily Express
Feb 27, 20242 min read
Jordan Lee: We must learn from our energy security mistakes
Jordan Lee | CEN blog
Feb 24, 20243 min read
How to fix British farming
British farmers produce some of the highest quality food anywhere in the world. But for farm businesses to continue to thrive while...
Feb 21, 20244 min read
Outside the EU, Britain can reward farmers, encourage agricultural innovation, and protect our natural world
Historically, the Conservatives have been the party of the countryside. However, recent by-election results show increased competition...
Feb 15, 20244 min read
Feb 13, 20246 min read
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
Labour’s £28bn green U-turn is an opportunity for the Tories
Sir Keir Starmer has finally bowed to pressure to scrap his plan to invest £28bn a year on green projects. Rachel Reeves had already...
Feb 8, 20244 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
Melissa Hussain: we can persuade disengaged voters of conservative environmentalism
Melissa Hussain | CEN blog
Jan 23, 20243 min read
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