The Right Reverend Graham Usher, the Bishop of Norwich, shared a lengthy Twitter thread – also retweeted by the National Trust – in which the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) strongly criticised the government’s proposed 38 'investment zones' in a 13-tweet response.
— RSPB England
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Make no mistake, we are angry. This Government has today launched an attack on nature. We don’t use the words that follow lightly. We are entering uncharted territory. Please read this thread. 1/13 pic.twitter.com/NAPfIjLZKA
(@RSPBEngland) September 23, 2022
The government's investment zones are areas identified in England where planning rules will be loosened in order to release more land for commercial and housing developments.
Rev. Usher said Kwasi Kwarteng’s plans showed “a real disdain...