Labour MPs press for right to roam policy in England after supreme court ruling
by Helena Horton Environment reporter from Environment | The Guardian on (#6XGP2)
Backbencher says it's time to resolve the issues of access to the English countryside once and for all'
Labour backbenchers are pressing the government to revive a right to roam policy in England after a supreme court ruling enshrined the right to wild camp on Dartmoor.
The court ruled this week that camping on the national park was legal after a multimillionaire hedge fund manager tried to remove the right to camp on his Devon estate, and by extension from the rest of the park.
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