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Rachel Reeves ‘to strip back’ environmental rules to boost infrastructure

Rachel Reeves aims to reduce environmental legal barriers by limiting challenges and revising species protections to accelerate infrastructure projects and economic growth.

  • Rachel Reeves is reportedly planning to relax environmental safeguards through a Planning and Infrastructure Bill to accelerate infrastructure development and stimulate economic growth.
  • This move follows concerns that current European-derived regulations and legal challenges significantly delay projects, exemplified by the HS2 £100 million bat tunnel controversy.
  • Proposed changes include a smaller UK-only list of protected species and abolishing the EU precautionary principle requiring developers to prove no harm to protected sites.
  • Paul Miner of CPRE warned that weakening habitats regulations would hinder progress on nature recovery, echoing widespread concerns from environmental groups.
  • If enacted, these reforms could accelerate construction but risk backlash from conservationists and alienate Labour voters concerned about environmental protection.
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The Times broke the news in United Kingdom on Sunday, August 17, 2025.
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