'Falling woefully behind': Campaigners and politicians urge PM to ramp up nature protection

Cecilia Keating
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'Falling woefully behind': Campaigners and politicians urge PM to ramp up nature protection

Caroline Lucas, Zac Goldsmith, and Kerry McCarthy among those to criticise the government for a 'decade of inaction' on biodiversity protection

Green MP Caroline Lucas, former Conservative Environment Minister Lord Zac Goldsmith, and TV presenter Chris Packham are among dozens of campaigners and politicians to have accused the government of a...

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