Liberal Democrats pledge to plant 60m trees a year
by Frances Perraudin from on (#4V75W)
Jo Swinson sets out 'largest tree-planting programme in UK history' to fight climate crisis
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to plant 60m trees every year if they get into government, increasing the UK's forest cover by 1m hectares by 2045.
The party's leader, Jo Swinson, will make a trip to Hampstead in north London on Saturday to plant a tree and set out proposals for what she described as the largest tree-planting programme in UK history.
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