Manifesto Scorecard: Environmental groups slam Tories’ green plans

https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4326141/manifesto-scorecard-environmental-slam-tories-green-plans
… UK political parties’ plans for climate and the environment have been jointly assessed by Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth in a new election scorecard published today, which ranks Labour far ahead of the Conservatives across all key green policy categories.
Published just 10 days before voters head to the polls on July 4th, the scorecard assesses the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Green Party manifestos released in the past fortnight against 40 policy recommendations set out by the two environmental campaign groups.
Overall, the Green Party topped the league table with a near-perfect 39 score out of a possible 40 recommended policies, ahead of the Liberal Democrats in second place with 31.5.
Labour, meanwhile, scored 20.5 against the 40 green policy recommendations, over four times higher than the Conservatives’ which scored only five points.
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https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4326141/manifesto-scorecard-environmental-slam-tories-green-plans
