England’s national parks facing financial peril due to budget cuts, say CEOs

Exclusive: Leaders warn cost savings will lead to mass redundancies and that spaces could become paper parks'

England's national parks face a 12% real-terms cut to their budget which would lead to mass redundancies of wardens and the closure of visitor centres and other facilities, park leaders have warned.

The chief executives told the Guardian that soon the spaces would become paper parks" designated by a brown sign on the motorway" and they will have to turn the lights off, close the doors and put up closed signs" if the cuts go ahead.