Tory Shadow Exchequer Secretary John Cooper asked Labour ministers what the attendance was of staff at the Natural England Manchester office last week. Should be big – Burnham might pop in…
“The week commencing 28 Sept 2026, a total of 76 Natural England staff attended Manchester Arndale House office, equating to a daily average of 15.2 people. 144 Natural England staff have Manchester as their base office, equating to a daily attendance rate of 10.6%.”
The taxpayer-funded regulator mainly aggravates farmers, landowners, and YIMBYs by slowly blocking development and preventing highly effective wildlife management programmes. No one’s bothered to turn up – so the failing regulator should therefore be easy enough to abolish…
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”