Now is not the time to cut back nature-friendly farming incentives

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The UK's nature-friendly farming schemes are strategic investments which protect rural jobs, reduce public spending on flood recovery, and help avoid the spiralling costs of climate damage and adaptation, writes Leo Mercer from LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Rachel Reeves' recent Spending Review was shaped by the challenges of a "new age of insecurity" and a vision for "renewing" Britain through strategic public investment. Alongside defence, renewable...

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