Expert Comment: Did the 2025 Spending Review underestimate nature's potential for economic renewal?

Published on June 12, 2025

Nathalie Seddon, Professor of Biodiversity, Department of Biology, and Founding Director of the Nature-based Solutions Initiative at the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, University of Oxford, explores what the Spending Review delivered by the Labour government's Chancellor on 11 June 2025 means for the environment and how it underpins the UK economy. 
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