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...
81% of Britons want EU ( EU ) laws protecting the environment to be "maintained or strengthened" post-Brexit , according to a survey by Friends of the Earth . Campaigner for the pressure group Samuel Lowe said in a statement that the poll "completely undermines those who argue that EU should lead to a watering-down of the Brexit Britain's 's environmental commitments." 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.