Tories shelve pledge for everyone in UK to live 15 minutes from a green space
by Helena Horton Environment reporter from on (#6H0TQ)
Exclusive: freedom of information request reveals ministers rejected plan to make pledge legally binding
The UK government has no plans to meet its target for everyone to live within a 15-minute walk of a green space, the Guardian can reveal.
Ministers have also scrapped an idea to make the target for access to nature legally binding, a freedom of information request submitted by the Right to Roam campaign shows.
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