Rachel Reeves’s spring statement (Report, 26 March) has sidelined the nature policies that Britain needs to build a more prosperous economy, and tackle the planetary crisis that is threatening our way of life.
Days after Kemi Badenoch ditched net zero, Labour is following suit, with growth trumping net zero, fast-tracked airports, faltering marine protections and the climate and nature bill, backed by 192 MPs, kicked down the road. I first presented the bill in 2020 to lock the UK’s climate and biodiversity commitments into law. Labour backed its ambition in 2023, yet whips blocked it in January.
