More than 80 per cent of British public want to see UK government maintain or improve EU rules that protect our natural environment post-Brexit Britain's exit from the European Union should not lead to a watering down of environmental laws protecting the UK's countryside and wildlife, the UK public believes. In a survey released today by Friends...
More than 80% of Britons want European Union (EU) laws protecting the environment to be "maintained or strengthened" post-Brexit, according to a survey by Friends of the Earth. The poll found that more people (64 per cent) think EU environmental law should remain in place after Brexit compared with just over half (45 per cent) who say it should not be. " The survey also found that 57% of respondents wanted farming subsidies to be linked to rewarding "environmental stewardship", while 81% backed the retention of the EU ban on neonicotinoid pesticides.