Green Party gains in Manchester – but did the environment get a look in?

The Green Party’s by-election win in Gorton and Denton could represent a new dawn for environmental policy – or simply be a protest against the political status quo.

That’s according to Shaun Spiers – the former head of the Green Alliance think tank and environmental veteran – who joined podcast host James Agyepong-Parsons and ENDS Report senior reporter, Shosha Adie, on this week’s ECO Chamber podcast.

The team discussed the implications of the Gorton and Denton by-election and what it might mean for the future of environmental policy under the Labour Party… or even Reform UK.

Meanwhile, green NGOs are rallying behind a new campaign to push for stronger measures in the government’s promised Water Reform Bill. But has the sector changed its stance on the public debate about whether or not to re-nationalise water companies?

PLUS: The EA has seized an illegal Wigan waste dump containing 25,000 tonnes of refuse, Thames Water’s pollution of England’s most protected chalk streams, and the beavers earning biodiversity net gain units.

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