The party will increase accessible green space, protect up to a million acres, complete the coastal path, explore waterway access rights, and create National Nature Parks.
“Significantly increasing the amount of accessible green space, including protecting up to a million acres, completing th…”
The party will pass an Environmental Rights Act recognising the human right to a healthy environment and guaranteeing environmental justice access.
“Passing a new Environmental Rights Act, recognising everyone's human right to a healthy environment and guaranteeing acc…”
The party will protect at least 30% of land and sea areas by 2030 for nature recovery.
“Protecting at least 30% of land and sea areas by 2030 for nature's recovery.”
The party will work with European partners on the nature crisis and apply to join the European Environment Agency.
“Working together with our European neighbours to tackle the nature crisis, including applying to join the European Envir…”
The party will require large businesses to publish transition plans to become nature-positive in their operations and supply chains.
“Requiring large businesses to publish transition plans to become nature-positive across their activities and supply chai…”
The party will introduce nature-related financial disclosure requirements for large businesses.
“Introducing nature-related financial disclosure requirements for large businesses.”
The party will ensure new developments deliver significant biodiversity net gain, up to 100% for large projects.
“Ensuring new developments result in significant net gain for biodiversity, with up to a 100% net gain for large developm…”
The party will introduce a strategic Land and Sea Use Framework to balance competing demands on land and oceans.
“Introducing a strategic Land and Sea Use Framework to effectively balance competing demands on our land and oceans.”
The party will empower Local Nature Recovery Strategies to identify a new Wild Belt for nature recovery.
“Empowering Local Nature Recovery Strategies to identify a new Wild Belt for nature's recovery.”
The party will introduce a deposit return scheme for food and drink bottles and containers across the UK.
“Introducing a deposit return scheme for food and drink bottles and containers, working with the devolved administrations…”
The party will eliminate non-recyclable single-use plastics within three years and replace them with affordable alternatives.
“Aiming for the complete elimination of non-recyclable single-use plastics within three years and replacing them with aff…”
The party will work to protect 30% of the world's oceans by 2030 and finalise a Global Plastics Treaty to reduce plastic pollution.
“Working to protect 30% of the world's oceans by 2030 through the UN High Seas Treaty and finalising a Global Plastics Tr…”
The party aims to end plastic waste exports by 2030.
“Setting an ambition of ending plastic waste exports by 2030.”
The party will restore peatlands as carbon stores and ban horticultural peat use and routine heather burning.
“Restoring our peatlands as a carbon store, and banning the use of horticultural peat and the routine burning of heather …”
The party will protect and enhance the UK's temperate rainforest.
“Protecting and enhancing our temperate rainforest.”
The party will create and restore coastal habitats including saltmarshes, mudflats, and seagrass meadows for flood protection and carbon absorption.
“Creating and restoring habitats like saltmarshes, mudflats and seagrass meadows to guard against coastal flooding and er…”
The party will combat greenwashing by introducing and enforcing Blue Carbon and Soils Carbon Standards.
“Tackling 'greenwashing' by introducing new Blue Carbon and Soils Carbon Standards that are properly enforced and accredi…”
The party will work with international partners to combat global deforestation.
“Working with international partners to fight deforestation around the world.”
The party will establish a network of fully protected marine protected areas to preserve blue carbon and ensure climate resilience.
“Creating a real network of marine protected areas, ensuring that they are fully protected from damaging and destructive …”
The party will create a comprehensive National Food Strategy to address food security, affordability, and nutrition outcomes.
“Introduce a holistic and comprehensive National Food Strategy to ensure food security, tackle rising food prices, end fo…”
The party will increase funding for Environmental Land Management schemes by £1 billion annually to support sustainable farming practices.
“Accelerate the rollout of the new Environmental Land Management schemes, properly funding it with an extra £1 billion a …”
The party will enforce high standards in food production and ensure all future trade agreements meet these standards.
“Maintain high health, environmental and animal welfare standards in food production and guarantee that all future trade …”
The party will negotiate veterinary and plant health agreements with European neighbours to reduce trade checks for farmers.
“Give Britain's farmers the ability to trade with our European neighbours with minimal need for checks by negotiating com…”
The party will support farmers in land restoration activities including woodland and peatland management for environmental and flood protection benefits.
“Support farmers properly in restoring woodland, peatland and waterways, creating new natural flood protections and manag…”
The party will establish public funding programmes for nature recovery and wildlife protection conditional on farmer participation in Environmental Land Management schemes.
“Introducing a range of other 'public money for public goods' programmes, such as nature recovery, planting trees and pro…”
The party will invest in rural and coastal infrastructure including local abattoirs to support community viability and workforce retention.
“Investing in rural and coastal infrastructure and services, including local abattoirs, so that communities are viable an…”
The party will use public procurement to prioritise sustainably-produced, nutritious, and locally-sourced food.
“Using public procurement policy to support the consumption of food produced to high standards of environmental and socia…”
The party will renegotiate trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand to meet health, environmental, and animal welfare standards, or withdraw if necessary.
“Renegotiating the Australia and New Zealand trade agreements in line with our objectives for health, environmental and a…”
The party will reform fisheries policy to prioritise sustainability, rebuild fish stocks, ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas, and establish decentralised management involving stakeholders.
“Ensuring that sustainability lies at the heart of fisheries policy, rebuilding depleted fish stocks to achieve their for…”
The party will strengthen the Groceries Code Adjudicator to protect consumers and producers from unfair pricing practices.
“Strengthen the Groceries Code Adjudicator to protect consumers from unfair price rises and support producers.”
The party will provide farmers with independent, properly-funded advisory services to support their transition to environmental payment schemes.
“Ensuring farmers receive proper, independent advice about how to transition to new environmental farm payments schemes, …”
The party will support farmers in reducing water pollution from agricultural activities.
“Supporting farmers to reduce the pollution of rivers, streams and lakes.”
The party will incentivise farmers to reduce artificial fertiliser and pesticide use to protect pollinators and the environment.
“Working with and rewarding farmers to reduce the use of costly imported and environmentally harmful artificial fertilise…”
The party will establish a research fund to support agricultural innovation including alternative protein development.
“Introducing a Research and Innovation Fund to support new and emerging technologies in the sector including the developm…”
The party will give local authorities enhanced powers and resources to inspect and monitor food production standards.
“Providing local authorities with greater powers and resources to inspect and monitor food production.”
The party will ensure imported food meets UK health and welfare standards with proper checking procedures.
“Ensuring all imported food meets UK standards for health and welfare, and that goods are properly checked.”
The party will introduce clear and robust food labelling standards.
“Introducing robust and clear-to-understand food labelling.”
The party will pass a comprehensive Animal Welfare Bill to establish the highest animal welfare standards.
“Passing a comprehensive new Animal Welfare Bill to ensure the highest standards possible.”
The party will ban the sale of animal products that would be illegal to produce in the UK, including foie gras and products made with antibiotic growth promoters.
“Ensuring that no animal product that would be illegal to produce in the UK can be sold here, including foie gras and foo…”
The party will invest in developing vaccines and humane methods to control bovine tuberculosis.
“Developing safe, effective, humane, and evidence-based ways of controlling bovine tuberculosis, including by investing t…”
The party will improve agricultural animal welfare standards including banning caged hens and preventing painful farming practices.
“Improving standards of animal health and welfare in agriculture, including a ban on caged hens, and preventing unnecessa…”
The party will match EU rules on antibiotic use in farming and introduce a plan to address antimicrobial resistance in farm animals.
“At least matching the EU's stricter rules on preventative use of antibiotics, and introducing a comprehensive plan to ta…”
The party will increase annual housebuilding to 380,000 homes including 150,000 social homes through garden cities and community-led development.
“Increasing building of new homes to 380,000 a year across the UK, including 150,000 social homes a year, through new gar…”
The party will ban no-fault evictions, establish three-year tenancies as standard, and create a national landlord register.
“Delivering a fair deal for renters by immediately banning no-fault evictions, making three-year tenancies the default, a…”
The party will grant local authorities power to end Right to Buy schemes in their areas.
“Giving local authorities, including National Park Authorities, the powers to end Right to Buy in their areas.”
The party will end rough sleeping during the next Parliament and repeal the Vagrancy Act.
“Ending rough sleeping within the next Parliament and immediately scrapping the archaic Vagrancy Act.”
The party will abolish residential leaseholds and cap ground rents to nominal levels to give property owners control.
“Abolishing residential leaseholds and capping ground rents to a nominal fee, so that everyone has control over their pro…”
The party will expand Neighbourhood Planning schemes across England.
“Expanding Neighbourhood Planning across England.”
The party will build ten new garden cities.
“Building ten new garden cities.”
The party will reform the Land Compensation Act to allow councils to purchase land at current use value rather than speculative value.
“Allowing councils to buy land for housing based on current use value rather than on a hope-value basis by reforming the …”