MPs urge Defra to deliver delayed Plan for Nature

James Murray
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Cross party group of MPs write to Andrea Leadsom calling on her to deliver ambitious plan before Article 50 triggered

MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee have reportedly written to Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom to demand the government's long-awaited 25 year plan for nature is released without further delay....

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