Broken promises to restore nature have let down millions

ENOUGH is enough - it is now time for the 'Nature' section of the Government's Planning & Infrastructure Bill to be scrapped.

- By ERIN MCDAID

Broken promises mean millions are being let down.

Prior to being elected last year, Labour promised to restore nature but less than a year on from the General Election, they seem determined to push ahead with changes to vital planning rules that would create a license to destroy.

In recent months I've been critical of Government figures for their anti-nature rhetoric, and I must try to avoid slipping into a rhetoric filled rant - but there's no escaping that the serious weakening of nature protections set out in the misleadingly named 'Nature' section of the Bill represent a broken promise.