'A big step forward': The green economy reacts to the Land Use Framework

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Politicians, farmers, businesses, nature groups, and climate campaigners react to the government's long-awaited plan for managing competing demands on land across England

The government has today published its long-awaited Land Use Framework, providing England's first formal strategy for better balancing competing demands on land from food production, energy infrastructure,...

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