National Trust defends right to campaign on nature amid ‘pressure’ from lobby group

Restore Trust wants its members elected to the charity's governing council to rid it of its woke agenda'

The National Trust has raised concerns about political pressure" and defended its right to lobby on nature amid a renewed campaign by a self-styled anti-woke" group seeking to recruit Conservative MPs to its cause.

The leadership of the UK's largest charity is facing a fresh challenge at its annual meeting next month from the right-leaning Restore Trust group, whose candidates tried but failed to win seats on the National Trust's 36-strong governing council last year.