England’s planning bill has many naysayers. I'm not one of them | Nick WIlliams

John Cuniffe says the government’s flagship planning and infrastructure bill is a nature sellout’ The bill will establish a nature restoration fund, which will support a number of strategic nature restoration schemes across the country at a scale that is genuinely impactful.

Green spaces will not vanish. Rare habitats such as chalk streams will not be destroyed under promise of new habitats elsewhere.

While the government has walked into a fight with environmental groups, it is also quietly getting on with radical change to enhance our green and pleasant land. - Nick Williams was an economic policy adviser to Keir Starmer between 2023 and 2025 , having previously worked in HM Treasury .