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No 10 blocked nature concessions in planning bill amid Labour rebellion, sources say (www.theguardian.com)

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Downing Street and the Treasury intervened to stop any concessions in the planning bill, after pro-housing MPs voiced anger over a Labour rebel amendment that attempted to strengthen nature protections.

The Guardian has been told that ministers drew up amendments to the bill last week in an attempt to head off the anger of wildlife charities and rebel Labour MPs amid a backlash against the bill.

Two sources with knowledge of the discussions said they had been expecting the amendments to be put in the Commons this week. But the amendments never appeared, after No 10 and the Treasury intervened.

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[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think that getting caught up in objections to housing development is a terrible diversion and a waste. Look up a housing estate on a map with satellite view and zoom out so you can compare it to the vast areas which are sprayed with pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilisers and where grazing destroys biodiversity. All of the above is currently subsidised by taxpayers.

The scope for winning environmentally is enormous in the countryside but instead all the attention gets absorbed by residential planning where the impact is the smallest.

The government should be changing agricultural policy for the environment and wildlife, creating local & accessible nature reserves and forests for the politics and building houses for the people.