'Fundamental to the economy': Government publishes five-year Environmental Improvement Plan

The government will today publish its long-awaited Environmental Improvement Plan, setting out how it intends to deliver on the various targets set out in the Environment Act and honour its pledge to "leave our environment in a better state than we found it". The plan promises to create new nature reserves and drive "green growth", but campaigners are slamming its 'threadbare patchwork of policies'. The new strategy builds on the 25 Year Environment Plan, which was published five years ago, and will cover the next five-year period through to 2028. As such, it includes a host of new go...