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Why levelling up should mean real economic change

For two years, levelling up has been one of the main slogans of Boris Johnson’s administration, but there’s still no agreement about what it means. Strategic ambiguity can be a
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There’s a lot at stake right now for England’s National Parks and AONBs

This post is by David Hampson, policy officer at RSPB and Ruth Bradshaw, policy and research manager at Campaign for National Parks. As the saying goes, to tackle the nature
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The new Office for Environmental Protection has its work cut out

Today, the new Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) began its work in earnest. The parts of the Environment Act which give it its legal powers and functions have been brought
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More gas isn’t the answer to the gas crisis

This post is by Anthony Browne, Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire and chair of the Environment APPG. The current energy crisis has led to calls for more gas. But the
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We need new ideas about what a 21st century civil service is for

This post is by Dame Fiona Reynolds, chair of the management board of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy The last few years have seen unprecedented challenges for modern governments,
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Scotland says it wants net zero but unfairly penalises micro hydro generation

This post is by Hugh Raven, managing director of Ardtornish Hydro. Scotland, we are told by our government, is good at hydro. “We are committed to making Scotland a ‘Hydro
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Covid has shown us the consequences of not taking systemic risk seriously

Laurie Laybourn-Langton is an associate fellow at IPPR and lead of the Cohort 2040 project. A central lesson of the Covid-19 pandemic for environmentalism is that it needs get more
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The government’s incoherent approach to green skills is holding net zero back

The UK economy needs to go through a sea change to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Carbon intensive industries will have to go green, cutting emissions and restoring nature
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Farming reform is a big post-Brexit prize we should be careful not to lose

The government’s plans for farming in England have taken a kicking. In October, the NFU opposed reductions to the Basic Payments Scheme, and called for delay to the roll out
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