Tories’ ‘toothless’ UK policies failing to halt drastic loss of wildlife

More money is being spent destroying the environment than protecting it, MPs' report finds

The government's underfunded green ambitions and toothless" policies are failing to halt catastrophic loss of wildlife, a committee of MPs has said in a new report that finds the biodiversity crisis is still not being treated with the urgency of the climate crisis.

The UK is the most wildlife-depleted country out of the G7 nations and, despite pledges to improve the environment within a generation, properly funded policies are not in place to make this happen, according to the report from the environmental audit committee (EAC).