September 28, 2025

Since the 1990s, more than £200 million of community benefit funding has been awarded from wind farms and hydro projects to those living in their shadow. The sums are substantial. Last year alone, over £30 million was distributed across 283 projects, supporting everything from bird boxes and woodland paths to Read more

Keir Starmer has tasked a Conservative peer with writing a new planning bill to remove the ability for environmental groups to delay projects such as Heathrow’s third runway with judicial reviews. The Guardian understands that leaving the Aarhus convention is being discussed as an option. This is an international treaty Read more