Labour Manifesto 2017

ENVIRONMENT
Investing in our environment
is investing in our future. We
will defend and extend existing
environmental protections. We
will champion sustainable farming,
food and fishing by investing in
and promoting skills, technology,
market access and innovation.
The Conservatives broke their
promise to be the greenest
government ever. They have
allowed fracking in national parks,
evaded their responsibilities on air
uality and cut the funding for ood
defences. The future of our farming,
food and fishing industries hangs
in the balance, to be used as leverage
in Brexit negotiations.
Only a Labour government will
prioritise a sustainable, long-term
future for our farming, fishing and
food industries, fund robust ood
resilience, invest in rural and coastal
communities, and guarantee the
protection and advancement of
environmental quality standards.
The Conservatives’ threatened
bonfire of red tape’ is a threat to
our environmental protections and
to the quality of our lives. Their
record on combating climate change
and environmental damage has been
one of inaction and broken promises.
The balance needs resetting: our
air is killing us, our farms face an
uncertain future, our fish stocks
are collapsing, our oceans are used
as dumping grounds, and our forests,
green belt, national parks, Areas
of Outstanding Natural Beauty and
Sites of Special Scientific Interest
are all under threat.
Labour will introduce a new Clean
Air Act to deal with the Conservative
legacy of illegal air quality. We will
safeguard habitats and species in the
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