Ahead of elections on 7 May, ENDS Report presents a podcast politics special.
On this week’s ECO Chamber, the team are joined by three special guests:
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Ben Goldsmith, co-founder of Nattergal and a former non-executive director of DEFRA
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Paul McNamee, director of the Labour Climate and Environment Forum
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and Kitty Thompson, head of campaigns at the Conservative Environment Network.
The trio join ECO Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons and ENDS Report news editor Pippa Neill to discuss what’s at stake for nature heading into the elections.
With a focus on England’s local elections, the team breaks down the implications of the latest polling. In total, 4,851 council seats across 134 of England’s 317 councils are up for grabs.
If the polls are to be believed, Reform UK looks set to dominate with the Greens making big gains too.
But would widespread Labour defeats see changes in the government’s approach to green policy?
That is the question under discussion in this special, as the panel debate whether the government is likely to double down a narrative that nature is a blocker to environmental growth – or whether it may see cause to make peace with bats and newts?
And the government’s latest measures seeking to de-link UK gas and electricity prices with a push for renewables like wind and solar has been largely welcomed by campaigners – but how is this received by voters – and what about nature?
Listen to the ECO Chamber to find out more.
