Time to stop blaming bats and newts for blocking development? A new fund could support nature and ease building delays
- Written by Graham Haughton, Professor, Urban and Environmental Planning, University of Manchester

For years, nature has been blamed as a blocker of economic growth. After some ministerial bluster about not letting newts and bats get in the way of growth ambitions, the UK government released more details of its plans to get Britain building again.
The centrepiece of its...