Campaigns Update

In one of his final speeches as environment secretary, Michael Gove threw his personal backing behind an ‘all in’ deposit return system.

20,000 of you took action for this straightforward solution to litter in the countryside – and he listened. This was a big milestone in our campaign – and you helped make it happen.

But unfortunately, it’s not over the line yet. We don’t yet have a formal commitment from government to introduce a world-leading system, and with a new prime minister and cabinet, nothing is certain yet.

We’re determined to keep the pressure on the government. Just last week, we released a survey that shows 7 out of 10 people back a UK-wide, ‘all in’ system, and we called on the new environment secretary, Theresa Villiers, to commit to introducing this popular policy, and finally put a stop to the harm that drinks containers cause our countryside, environment and wildlife.

We’ll keep you updated.

It’s been a tumultuous few weeks in politics. We have two new party leaders, a new prime minister, and many more new ministers.

The decisions that our politicians take will shape the future of our countryside. So if we’re going to be part of the story, and the voice for a beautiful and thriving countryside for everyone’s benefit, we’re going to have to get stuck right in.

And that’s exactly what we’re doing.

From rebalancing the planning system to ensure affordable homes are built for people that need them, to ditching fast-tracked fracking and taking bold action on the climate emergency, we’re urging the new prime minister to put countryside issues first.

Read this blog to find out more about the issues we’re asking him to focus on.

You may have received our recent update letting you know of some important and exciting changes at CPRE.

We want to help the countryside thrive, for everyone’s benefit. To increase our impact we have a new strategy, a new look and exciting projects coming soon. We’re also going to be referring to the organisation as ‘CPRE, the countryside charity’, so it’s immediately clear what we do, and that we’re a charity.

As you can see we’re already using our new look in our emails to you, and you’ll see more of it in the coming months.

You can find out more about the changes on our website.

Thanks for supporting our work and helping to make the countryside even better. 

Best wishes,

Calum McGregor
Digital Engagement Officer

CPRE, the countryside charity