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A view of the River Thames from Gravesend, at the proposed Lower Thames Crossing between Kent and Sussex, October 4, 2024
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners have urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to hand over enough cash for regulators to uphold vital laws protecting Britain’s waterways ahead of Wednesday’s Budget.
River Action says that without proper funding, watchdogs such as the Environment Agency will not have the resources needed to combat pollution from water firms and intensive farming.
In the spring Budget, the previous Tory government reduced funding for the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, where the regulator operates, from £4.8 billion to £4.2bn.
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
