Eco Chamber

Spending Review run-down: DEFRA cuts and nuclear boom

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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.

This week, ENDS journalists are joined by Ali Plummer, director of policy and advocacy at England’s biggest nature NGO coalition group, Wildlife and Countryside Link, as we take a deep-dive into what came out in the wash from the chancellor's Spending Review – from DEFRA cuts and nature budgets, to billions for nuclear heralding a boom for the sector.

PLUS: a legal victory for river campaigners which is set to change how intensive farms get approved; how a legal challenge against the Planning Bill took a step forward; and some good news for fans of the humble water vole…

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