Tories and Lib Dems compete with tree-planting promises
(World News UK)

The Conservative Party said they will triple tree-planting rates if they win the General Election, while the Liberal Democrats promised they will plant twice as many trees as the Tories. Boris Johnson announced a £640 million Nature for Climate fund which would increase tree planting in England, with the Government aiming to work with the devolved administrations to boost tree-planting rates to 30,000 hectares every year, which the party said could mean 30 million more trees. But the Lib Dems said they will plant 60 million trees every year, describing it as `the largest tree-planting programme in UK history`, while pointing out that the Tories have...