The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill proposes major reforms to local government, including creating new Strategic Authorities and shifting powers from Westminster to local areas across England. Ahead of Report Stage in the Lords next week, Peers for the Planet’s @Alasdair Johnston highlights where Peers are focusing their efforts to strengthen the Bill . Climate and nature duty Firstly, there is a cross-party proposal to place a climate and nature duty

This week in the House of Lords, Peers for the Planet supporters questioned the Government on its planned policy response to the UK’s first Nature Security Assessment , which examines how biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity. Peers highlighted a number of urgent risks, including the immediate threat to food security from flooding in the UK and Europe, and pressed the Government on how it plans to reconcile the repo

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill reaches its final stages in the Lords next week – a crucial moment to ensure the planning system works not only for growth, but also for our climate, natural environment, and the health of our communities. Professor Baroness Kathy Willis, Chair of Peers for the Planet and Professor of Biodiversity at Oxford University, is leading an amendment to ensure that, as we construct the 1.5 million homes and new towns the government has promise