{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6177c48df62eb80013741032/6abc795ff560f37dfc5a5974?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Live from Liverpool: Chasing green policy answers at Labour Party Conference","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6177c48df62eb80013741032/1790768516714-8b4aedf5-a1ec-445e-a455-7301140b5295.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Labour Party Conference has concluded.</p><p><br></p><p>The party entered its annual conference with a polling boost holding a four-point lead: 27% of the vote, under the newly-elected prime minister.</p><p><br></p><p>On the main stage, Burnham used his address to focus on pensions, electoral reform, devolution, and a national care service. </p><p><br></p><p>On the environment he pledged that “a strengthened water bill” will be brought forward to Parliament, the <em>“</em>centerpiece” of which will be “the repeal of Margaret Thatcher’s ideological ban on public ownership of water companies”. </p><p><br></p><p>In this week’s episode, brought to you from the conference floor, the ENDS team speaks to DEFRA secretary Angela Eagle and hears from experts across the sector including:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Matthew Brown, head of public affairs at The Wildlife Trusts</li><li>Martin Lines, chief executive of the Nature Friendly Farming Network</li><li>Mary-Ann Ochota, president of Campaign to Protect Rural England</li><li>Bill Eyres, co-chair of Labour’s Environment Campaign – SERA</li></ul><p><br></p><p>With extensive coverage from across the conference, this special episode of the ECO Chamber is brought to you by the journalists of ENDS Report.</p>","author_name":"Environmental Data Services (ENDS)"}