United Kingdom: Controversial plans to sell off England’s public forests abandoned by Government

Independent: Controversial plans to sell off England's public forest estate were finally abandoned by the Government today, after an expert panel called for the 637,000 acres of woodlands owned by the Forestry Commission to remain in public ownership. The panel was hastily set up last year after the initial plan to dispose of the forests, and raise £250m, brought down an unprecedented barrage of criticism on the Government and forced the first major u-turn of the Coalition's time in office, with the Environment...

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