The first question I was asked by almost everyone when I accepted a job with CPRE was, ‘where will you be moving?’ People were often surprised to hear Southwark. Perhaps it sounds like an oxymoron to be based in London but be committed to protecting rural England.
It’s a wonderful feeling to be starting my first day in the office as CPRE chief executive. And as part of my preparation, I’ve spent the past month enjoying the countryside that this great organisation has done so much to protect.
From the moment the exit polls were announced last Thursday evening, the political drums have barely paused. It’s pretty clear that this election has not brought the political stability the Prime Minister hoped for - but what does the result mean for CPRE?
For National Poetry Day this year, we are celebrating poems that remind us of the countryside. Here, Sir Andrew Motion, former president of CPRE, recites Inversnaid by Gerard Manley.
If we continue with business as usual, 1 million species will be eradicated from the…
