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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton Environment reporter

England’s national parks facing financial peril due to budget cuts, say CEOs

The Cheviot Hills from Lordenshaws Hillfort
CEOs say that national parks such as Northumberland will suffer unless more investment is made available to them. Photograph: daverhead/Getty Images

England’s national parks face a 12% real-terms cut to their budget which would lead to mass redundancies of wardens and the closure of visitor centres and other facilities, park leaders have warned.

The chief executives told the Guardian that soon the spaces would become “paper parks” designated by a “brown sign on the motorway” and they will have to “turn the lights off, close the doors and put up closed signs” if the cuts go ahead.

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