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Environmentalist to keep fighting despite criticism

Related Topics: Neve Gordon, Keir Starmer

Susie Fowler-Watt - BBC News, Norfolk and Neve Gordon-Farleigh - BBC News, Norfolk

Andrew Boswell argues the planning system does not protect nature or the climate [BBC]

An environmentalist said he will keep fighting for the climate despite being criticised by the prime minister after millions of pounds in taxpayer money was spent opposing his legal bids to block transport schemes.

Andrew Boswell, a former Green Party councillor, has been involved in numerous legal challenges against A47 safety schemes and claimed the planning system does not work to protect nature or the climate.

In a comment piece published in the Daily Mail on Thursday, Sir Keir Starmer said "Nimbys and zealots" had tried to stop the government from "building the infrastructure the country needs".