![lfg_uk's tweet photo. Last week, we revealed that the Chair of Natural England, Tony Juniper, signed a petition to block the development of Hinkley Point C – the same nuclear power plant they are now attempting to halt the construction of.
So what’s the truth about Natural England and Tony Juniper? Are they simply a taxpayer funded branch of the anti-nuclear body?
Well, Juniper’s activism extends back decades – to his time as director of ‘Friends of the Earth’.
In 2005, he wrote an article entitled “Say no to Labour’s nuclear nightmare”, arguing that “investment in a programme to construct new nuclear power plants is not justified” and it “would greatly increase the risk of nuclear proliferation”.
At the next election, he was selected as the Green Party’s parliamentary candidate for Cambridge, standing on a platform to “phase out nuclear power and resolutely oppose any new nuclear power stations”.
Though he failed to win a seat, Juniper continued to fight against nuclear energy. He argued that “renewables, not nuclear, is [the] way forward”, even going on to say that “nuclear simply does not work in the context of modern energy economics”. After a quarter of a century of “following”, he once told his followers, “we can do without nuclear”.
In 2016, Juniper signed the Greenpeace petition to stop the development of Hinkley Point C and promoted articles opposing the development on his [then] Twitter account.
Three years later, the Conservative Government appointed the former Green candidate and anti-nuclear Juniper as the Chair of Natural England. He has since been reappointed in 2022, again by the Tories, and in 2025 by the Labour Government.
In that time, Natural England have repeatedly tried to delay development and increase costs, infamously insisting upon the £700 million fish disco that will save one salmon every decade. They’ve even blocked kite festivals, new housing, road expansions, and new train lines.
Under Juniper’s leadership, Natural England has stopped at nothing to block developments that would improve the lives of millions. It seems they prefer bats, newts, salmon, and hairy spiders over British industries, which have been decimated by the highest energy prices in the developed world.
It begs the questions: why are we making it so hard to build in Britain? Why does the British state promote degrowth?](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HHjOkroXUAUQ2ga.jpg)
![lfg_uk's tweet photo. Last week, we revealed that the Chair of Natural England, Tony Juniper, signed a petition to block the development of Hinkley Point C – the same nuclear power plant they are now attempting to halt the construction of.
So what’s the truth about Natural England and Tony Juniper? Are they simply a taxpayer funded branch of the anti-nuclear body?
Well, Juniper’s activism extends back decades – to his time as director of ‘Friends of the Earth’.
In 2005, he wrote an article entitled “Say no to Labour’s nuclear nightmare”, arguing that “investment in a programme to construct new nuclear power plants is not justified” and it “would greatly increase the risk of nuclear proliferation”.
At the next election, he was selected as the Green Party’s parliamentary candidate for Cambridge, standing on a platform to “phase out nuclear power and resolutely oppose any new nuclear power stations”.
Though he failed to win a seat, Juniper continued to fight against nuclear energy. He argued that “renewables, not nuclear, is [the] way forward”, even going on to say that “nuclear simply does not work in the context of modern energy economics”. After a quarter of a century of “following”, he once told his followers, “we can do without nuclear”.
In 2016, Juniper signed the Greenpeace petition to stop the development of Hinkley Point C and promoted articles opposing the development on his [then] Twitter account.
Three years later, the Conservative Government appointed the former Green candidate and anti-nuclear Juniper as the Chair of Natural England. He has since been reappointed in 2022, again by the Tories, and in 2025 by the Labour Government.
In that time, Natural England have repeatedly tried to delay development and increase costs, infamously insisting upon the £700 million fish disco that will save one salmon every decade. They’ve even blocked kite festivals, new housing, road expansions, and new train lines.
Under Juniper’s leadership, Natural England has stopped at nothing to block developments that would improve the lives of millions. It seems they prefer bats, newts, salmon, and hairy spiders over British industries, which have been decimated by the highest energy prices in the developed world.
It begs the questions: why are we making it so hard to build in Britain? Why does the British state promote degrowth?](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HHjOkrnXkAUhmqs.jpg)
![lfg_uk's tweet photo. Last week, we revealed that the Chair of Natural England, Tony Juniper, signed a petition to block the development of Hinkley Point C – the same nuclear power plant they are now attempting to halt the construction of.
So what’s the truth about Natural England and Tony Juniper? Are they simply a taxpayer funded branch of the anti-nuclear body?
Well, Juniper’s activism extends back decades – to his time as director of ‘Friends of the Earth’.
In 2005, he wrote an article entitled “Say no to Labour’s nuclear nightmare”, arguing that “investment in a programme to construct new nuclear power plants is not justified” and it “would greatly increase the risk of nuclear proliferation”.
At the next election, he was selected as the Green Party’s parliamentary candidate for Cambridge, standing on a platform to “phase out nuclear power and resolutely oppose any new nuclear power stations”.
Though he failed to win a seat, Juniper continued to fight against nuclear energy. He argued that “renewables, not nuclear, is [the] way forward”, even going on to say that “nuclear simply does not work in the context of modern energy economics”. After a quarter of a century of “following”, he once told his followers, “we can do without nuclear”.
In 2016, Juniper signed the Greenpeace petition to stop the development of Hinkley Point C and promoted articles opposing the development on his [then] Twitter account.
Three years later, the Conservative Government appointed the former Green candidate and anti-nuclear Juniper as the Chair of Natural England. He has since been reappointed in 2022, again by the Tories, and in 2025 by the Labour Government.
In that time, Natural England have repeatedly tried to delay development and increase costs, infamously insisting upon the £700 million fish disco that will save one salmon every decade. They’ve even blocked kite festivals, new housing, road expansions, and new train lines.
Under Juniper’s leadership, Natural England has stopped at nothing to block developments that would improve the lives of millions. It seems they prefer bats, newts, salmon, and hairy spiders over British industries, which have been decimated by the highest energy prices in the developed world.
It begs the questions: why are we making it so hard to build in Britain? Why does the British state promote degrowth?](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HHjOkrgWIAQBMYe.jpg)
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SOCIAL | Join us for our second social of the year when we'll be meeting at the usual place (Benjamin Huntsman) on the evening of 29th April. Sign up at the link below 👇
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Britain is in an Energy Emergency.
But the Government is FAILING TO ACT. They have no plan, no idea what to do, and they’re leaving us exposed.
So today we’re launching The LFG Emergency Energy Bill to SAVE OUR INDUSTRIES and GET BILLS DOWN
Here’s how it would get bills down IMMEDIATELY:
1️⃣ SCRAP all levies on energy bills. These stealth taxes on the British people are unnecessarily hiking up their bills by hundreds of pounds.
2️⃣ REOPEN THE NORTH SEA, and directly deploy the tax revenue generated to GET BILLS DOWN.
3️⃣ Stop new CfD contracts and launch an investigation into the system that signed them off. Last year, billpayers paid £1.5 billion for big renewable corporations to THROW ENERGY AWAY. By 2030, it’ll be £8 billion. The existing settlement is a national scandal.
4️⃣ Scrap Clean Power 2030 targets. These needless constraints have pushed civil servants to procure wind at any cost – and at huge expense to the British people.
5️⃣ DITCH the duties of energy regulators, NESO and Ofgem, towards Net Zero goals, so their only focus is to MINIMISE ENERGY COSTS, subject to security of supply.
6️⃣ Hold auctions for connecting to the grid, and directly deploy the revenue generated to GET BILLS DOWN
Our Emergency Energy Bill has cross-party support. It is ready to PASS IMMEDIATELY. It does what governments for the past 20 years didn’t – it takes RADICAL ACTION to SAVE OUR INDUSTRIES and GET BILLS DOWN.
There’s no excuse. Last week, the US suspended access to some of the world’s leading frontier AI models. Britain is vulnerable - and our energy prices are strangling our national security. We cannot afford to be at the mercy of other countries or events beyond our control any longer.
The Government needs to GET BILLS DOWN NOW or explain why they’re still letting this emergency destroy our future.
Force Westminster to ACT. Send our Bill to your local MP and sign our letter to the Prime Minister and Ed Miliband. GET BILLS DOWN, NOW!
Steve Reed could overturn this TODAY and get spades in the ground TOMORROW.
How?
1. Pass an act TODAY that overrules the decision.
OR
2. Publish a statement committing to INSTANT approval upon resubmission.
They could just do it. Read our letter below. 👇
RT IF YOU AGREE!
It's time to end this scandal – and projects like it around the country.
Here's how to get it done:
Specialised Acts for Key Projects
Move fast. No need to reform the entire system: the Victorians passed Acts to get infrastructure built by exempting it from other rules and processes.
We've gone away from that. We can do it again. Passing individual acts would allow adaptations for the specific circumstances.
Direct Accountability
Delays, cost overruns, and project overreach stem from where it is not clear who is responsible for what. There should be no excuses. All projects should be explicitly clear about who is in charge of the project, and who is responsible for the delivery of individual parts. A CEO must be appointed and, ultimately, they are responsible for success or failure.
A Clear Scope
Politicians must define and explicitly direct those in charge – they must be clear about what the outcome should be, the standards that should be met, and what is and isn’t in scope. There should be no room for manoeuvre: deadlines, budgets, and boundaries must be defined within the Act. What success and failure looks like should be unmistakable.
Remuneration Incentivised for Success
If the project is successfully delivered on time and on budget, the CEO and Board should be given large payments. If it’s successfully completed early or under budget, this bonus should be more substantial – with larger payouts the earlier or cheaper it is. Alternatively, if the project runs over budget, goes past the deadline, or involves work outside of the scope, no bonus is awarded. If the overreach or overruns are deemed significant, deductions should be made from the CEO’s salary.
Streamlined planning requirements & limited judicial reviews
Unnecessary requirements and endless judicial reviews made possible by our planning system have burdened and delayed the construction of projects across the country. We must streamline them to stop the declinists from taking up more time and resources, and focus on getting projects done on time and on budget.
Engineering Expert Sign-Off
Too many projects in Britain are not delivered to the necessary standard. Engineering experts must sign-off to say that the project has been completed to the necessary standards, and in scope, before final payments to the Board and CEO are awarded.
Last week, we revealed that the Chair of Natural England, Tony Juniper, signed a petition to block the development of Hinkley Point C – the same nuclear power plant they are now attempting to halt the construction of.
So what’s the truth about Natural England and Tony Juniper? Are they simply a taxpayer funded branch of the anti-nuclear body?
Well, Juniper’s activism extends back decades – to his time as director of ‘Friends of the Earth’.
In 2005, he wrote an article entitled “Say no to Labour’s nuclear nightmare”, arguing that “investment in a programme to construct new nuclear power plants is not justified” and it “would greatly increase the risk of nuclear proliferation”.
At the next election, he was selected as the Green Party’s parliamentary candidate for Cambridge, standing on a platform to “phase out nuclear power and resolutely oppose any new nuclear power stations”.
Though he failed to win a seat, Juniper continued to fight against nuclear energy. He argued that “renewables, not nuclear, is [the] way forward”, even going on to say that “nuclear simply does not work in the context of modern energy economics”. After a quarter of a century of “following”, he once told his followers, “we can do without nuclear”.
In 2016, Juniper signed the Greenpeace petition to stop the development of Hinkley Point C and promoted articles opposing the development on his [then] Twitter account.
Three years later, the Conservative Government appointed the former Green candidate and anti-nuclear Juniper as the Chair of Natural England. He has since been reappointed in 2022, again by the Tories, and in 2025 by the Labour Government.
In that time, Natural England have repeatedly tried to delay development and increase costs, infamously insisting upon the £700 million fish disco that will save one salmon every decade. They’ve even blocked kite festivals, new housing, road expansions, and new train lines.
Under Juniper’s leadership, Natural England has stopped at nothing to block developments that would improve the lives of millions. It seems they prefer bats, newts, salmon, and hairy spiders over British industries, which have been decimated by the highest energy prices in the developed world.
It begs the questions: why are we making it so hard to build in Britain? Why does the British state promote degrowth?
![lfg_uk's tweet photo. Last week, we revealed that the Chair of Natural England, Tony Juniper, signed a petition to block the development of Hinkley Point C – the same nuclear power plant they are now attempting to halt the construction of.
So what’s the truth about Natural England and Tony Juniper? Are they simply a taxpayer funded branch of the anti-nuclear body?
Well, Juniper’s activism extends back decades – to his time as director of ‘Friends of the Earth’.
In 2005, he wrote an article entitled “Say no to Labour’s nuclear nightmare”, arguing that “investment in a programme to construct new nuclear power plants is not justified” and it “would greatly increase the risk of nuclear proliferation”.
At the next election, he was selected as the Green Party’s parliamentary candidate for Cambridge, standing on a platform to “phase out nuclear power and resolutely oppose any new nuclear power stations”.
Though he failed to win a seat, Juniper continued to fight against nuclear energy. He argued that “renewables, not nuclear, is [the] way forward”, even going on to say that “nuclear simply does not work in the context of modern energy economics”. After a quarter of a century of “following”, he once told his followers, “we can do without nuclear”.
In 2016, Juniper signed the Greenpeace petition to stop the development of Hinkley Point C and promoted articles opposing the development on his [then] Twitter account.
Three years later, the Conservative Government appointed the former Green candidate and anti-nuclear Juniper as the Chair of Natural England. He has since been reappointed in 2022, again by the Tories, and in 2025 by the Labour Government.
In that time, Natural England have repeatedly tried to delay development and increase costs, infamously insisting upon the £700 million fish disco that will save one salmon every decade. They’ve even blocked kite festivals, new housing, road expansions, and new train lines.
Under Juniper’s leadership, Natural England has stopped at nothing to block developments that would improve the lives of millions. It seems they prefer bats, newts, salmon, and hairy spiders over British industries, which have been decimated by the highest energy prices in the developed world.
It begs the questions: why are we making it so hard to build in Britain? Why does the British state promote degrowth?](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HHjOkrxWsAE94js.jpg)
Disgraceful this has been allowed to drag on. Now they’ve been given a month to fix it - but they were given six weeks back in 2022!
Landowners are responsible for what happens on their land.
A Director and company who thought they could avoid that have been ordered in court to pay fines and costs of over £20,000 following our investigation.
https://t.co/LeGnDWDUrG
https://t.co/RuzphS7Ugp
@robadob cleared 12 buckets of gravel left blocking drains and causing issues for residents.
After reporting it and getting nowhere, he just got on with it.
Sheffield deserves systems that actually deliver.
Get involved 👇
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🚨 ONE WEEK TO GO 🚨
Sheffield’s next Looking for Growth social is nearly here.
If you care about building a bigger, better, more ambitious city - this is the place to be!
Come down, and get involved.
#Sheffield #LFG 🚀
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Just a reminder that we'll be meeting up for a social on 29th April. Come and join us if you're in the Sheffield/South Yorkshire area! 🚀
SOCIAL | Join us for our second social of the year when we'll be meeting at the usual place (Benjamin Huntsman) on the evening of 29th April. Sign up at the link below 👇
https://t.co/tIRlnSqCZ0
In most of Europe the bigger a place is, the richer it is. The one big exception is the UK.
In big cities there are more opportunities for firms to specialise, more competition, bigger pools of workers for firms to recruit from and more places for people to choose to work at and buy from.
But getting around British cities is hard. Our roads are not wide like American cities and our public transport is worse than in Europe. One analysis by @thomasforth showed Birmingham was barely half the size once you took into account how difficult it was to get around at rush hour.
We compared British cities metro and tram systems to their twin cities. These are places in Europe they have pared up with due to their similar geography, history and economics. British cities come off worse whether you measure:
· Length of track
· Number of stations
· Number of passengers
There are two main reasons for this:
· British metro and tram projects are too expensive. We pay 83% more to get the same amount of rail infrastructure than our peer countries.
· British local government is too weak. In Germany and France local governments have far more power to raise and cut taxes and choose what money is spent on. Often they chose to spend it on a metro or tram.
In the medium term we need to get to a system more like France or Germany’s. Immediately the government should allow Mayors to use tourism levies, land value capture and workplace parking levies to fund transport infrastructure without any permission from Westminster.
This would be the start of letting Mayors build.
Read the full post here: https://t.co/ZAbOKwwJUS
Our new Magna Tram Train station is now OPEN! 🚊
Great to see so many of you on the first services this morning 🙌
Thanks to everyone capturing the moment 📸 share your photos below 👇
Driving? Use our FREE park & ride with 100 spaces.
Happy travels!
Modifications to the Sheffield Local Plan have now been published for consultation. While much has already been agreed, it’s important that pro-growth voices are still heard. You can submit your representations via the link below 👇
https://t.co/qA3dHgIJrq
Want to help push this agenda?
We’re building a pro-growth movement in Sheffield.
Come along to our next LFG Sheffield social on 29 April 🚀
https://t.co/y6Eudfwq5k
Sheffield & South Yorkshire: a pro-growth snapshot from the last month 👇
🏭 “You can feel it” — the wider vibe
Industry returning. New sectors growing. Confidence building
https://t.co/mzrMaiiI1L
@LFG_Leeds Many lessons to be learned from Yorkshire's premier tram network
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