Nature campaigners and wildlife lovers have criticised chancellor Rachel Reeves after she said developers would “not need to worry about bats and newts” in her bid to ramp up growth in the UK economy.

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Developers need not “worry about bats and newts” before they start building, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said in a speech that outlined her plans to reform the UK’s planning process.

She said the government was enabling developers to "focus on getting things built and stop worrying over the bats and the newts". Designers of the rail project say they have already gone out of ...

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The Chancellor unfairly called out “bats and newts” as the villains getting in the way of Britain’s ability to build new homes and infrastructure, as she outlined further economic growth plans for the ...

This will allow firms to stop “worrying about the bats and the newts” and get Britain building again, the Chancellor said. She added: “Heathrow themselves are clear that their proposal for ...

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