AUTHORS: Claire Monkhouse
The article outlines the key environmental challenges facing the next government, assesses the Labour party’s track-record over its last two terms, and comments on the environmental commitments included in the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat manifestos. Aside from environmental commitments, IEEP highlights the significance of the different positions taken on the EU and on better regulation . There is also an accompanying summarising where the parties stand on some of the main environmental issues.