Guardian: Labour will pitch itself as the party that will protect nature and the British countryside this week, with a promise to prevent publicly owned forests from being sold.
In a speech at an RSPB nature reserve on Tuesday, shadow environment secretary Maria Eagle is expected to attack the coalition for overseeing a decline in the UKs natural environment and to pledge to give more people access to green space.
Former Tory environment secretary, Caroline Spelman, was forced into a u-turn over plans...