The article highlights Labour's planning and infrastructure bill that utilizes post-Brexit freedoms to override EU nature laws, potentially enabling developers to destroy critical habitats. While developers can pay into a nature restoration fund, this action circumvents the habitats directive, endangering species like otters and salmon. The bill, which endangers over 5,000 significant areas of natural beauty, has drawn criticism from the Office for Environmental Protection as a setback for environmental safeguards. MP Clive Lewis expresses public confusion regarding Labour's contradictory stance on environmental issues post-Brexit.
The planning and infrastructure bill going through parliament will allow developers to circumvent EU-derived environmental protections and override habitats that protect key species.
This week the Guardian revealed that the bill poses a threat to 5,251 areas known as jewels in the crown for nature, including cherished landscapes.
Clive Lewis criticized the Labour government for misusing Brexit to weaken nature laws, stating that the public is confused by such actions taken by his party.
The Office for Environmental Protection has warned that the bill represents a regression in environmental protection, which could damage significant natural habitats.
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