Britain’s biggest environmental quangos could be scrapped as part of a new Tory war on red tape designed to boost growth.
Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith will unveil plans to ‘abolish’ the Environment Agency and Natural England to help streamline regulations that are ‘acting as a drag anchor on our economy’.
The Conservatives will also formally throw their weight behind plans for a third runway at Heathrow, which are in the balance after Andy Burnham failed to commit to back them.
Mr Griffith will argue that ‘the biggest deregulation project in a generation’ could help kick start the sluggish economy, drive investment and cut
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