Why are we waiting?
Our general secretary, Kate Ashbrook, urges the government to act for access. Every Labour government since the second-world war has taken major steps, with landmark legislation, to improve public access to the countryside. Nearly a year since its election, what will this government do? Environment ministers seem genuinely sympathetic. There is talk of a green…
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Backword from Westminster
Our general secretary, Kate Ashbrook, reports on the latest backsliding from the Westminster government. There is a north-country phrase ‘to give backword’. In a devastating move, environment secretary Thérèse Coffey has done just that, reversing last year’s decision by environment minister Richard Benyon to repeal the 2026 deadline for recording lost paths in England. Instead,…
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