RSPB chief apologises after charity calls ministers ‘liars’ over green policy

The RSPB posted on X: ‘You lie, and you lie, and you lie again.’ Beccy Speight said she had not approved the post. Photograph: Ben Andrew

The head of the RSPB has apologised after the wildlife charity called Rishi Sunak and other ministers “liars” in a social media post.

Beccy Speight, the chief executive of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said she did not approve the post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that said the UK prime minister, the levelling-up secretary, Michael Gove, and the environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey, were liars.