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Under our new government, environmental progress has ground to a halt

Shaun Spiers, Green Alliance

10 September 2019 •

Green Alliance's executive director Shaun Spiers warns the government's Brexit policy threatens the UK's future as a green leader

The new government's energy is devoted either to preparing for - even willing on - a disastrous no deal Brexit or to election planning. It has little left for environmental ambition and its record compares...

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