Lib Dems suggest putting forests in trusts to avoid privatisation

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Party is committed to planting 3.5m trees if they stay in power in attempt to woo back voters from the Greens and Labour

The Liberal Democrats hope to place Britain's forests in a protected trust to stop them ever being sold off and have committed to planting more than 3.5 million trees in towns, cities and villages over...

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