Conservation charity urges 'green, not grey' agenda and warns against 'growth at any cost' amid fears that safeguards for nature will be scrapped
The Prime Minister has sparked anger after accusing green groups of being a part of an “anti-growth coalition” intent on trying to “hold us back” by seeking “more regulation and more meddling”., the director-general of the National Trust, Hilary McGrady dismissed the accusation as “a nonsense”, warning that the UK was “facing one of the biggest threats to nature in my lifetime”.
“Many of them are writing to me on a daily basis saying, ‘We want to do more here’… they’re very willing to get in behind and support a bigger campaign. I have held back from doing that at the minute. But I am prepared to,” said Ms McGrady. It also called for new farm payments to keep the same level of commitment to reward farmers for public goods – from cleaner rivers to healthier soils and protecting our cultural heritage.
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