More than four out of five people want laws protecting wildlife to remain as strong or be made tougher after the UK leaves the European Union, according to a new poll.
The EU has world-leading environmental protection standards and there have been fears of a “bonfire” of regulations in post-Brexit Britain amid pressure to cut ‘Brussels bureaucracy’.
However the poll, by YouGov for campaign group Friends of the Earth, suggests this would be an unpopular move – particularly among the most ardent supporters of the Leave campaign.
The survey found 46 per cent of people wanted a higher level of protection for wild areas and wildlife with a further 37 per cent wanting the legislation to remain the same – a total of 83 per cent. Just 4 per cent favoured weaker regulations.
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