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“But last year, our government did just that. They buried a vital report over fears it was too negative.”
Claim checkedIn 2025 the UK government withheld a national security report on nature loss because it feared the report was too negative.
The national security assessment on global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse was due out in October 2025, and The Times reported that No 10 blocked it because officials thought it was too negative. Defra published a shorter version on 20 January 2026, after a Freedom of Information request from Green Alliance.
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“Nearly 3,000 people died from extreme heat this summer.”
Claim checkedNearly 3,000 people in Britain died from extreme heat in summer 2026.
On 30 July 2026 UKHSA estimated 2,877 heat-associated deaths in England during the May and June 2026 heat episodes (753 in May, 2,124 in June). These are interim figures and leave out later heat in July, so the summer total is likely higher.
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“the government currently has a target for everyone to have access to green or blue space within 15 minutes.”
Claim checkedThe UK government has a target for everyone to have access to green or blue space within 15 minutes of home.
The Environmental Improvement Plan of January 2023 included a commitment that everyone should be able to reach green space or water within a 15-minute walk from home. Reports on the revised plan of December 2025 say it restates this aim, and in April 2026 Defra was publishing statistics that measure progress against it.
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“The toxic pesticide [neonicotinoids], they were banned for outdoor use in the UK in 2018, but since then, they've been waved through. It was emergency authorizations year after year at the sugar industry's request.”
Claim checkedNeonicotinoid pesticides were banned for outdoor use in the UK in 2018, but have since been given emergency authorisations year after year at the sugar industry's request.
In 2018 the government backed rules banning outdoor use of three neonicotinoids, including thiamethoxam. After applications from British Sugar and the NFU, emergency authorisations for Cruiser SB on sugar beet followed in several years: the government names 2022 to 2024, and the Wildlife Trusts count four years. But on 23 January 2025 the minister refused the application, so the authorisations did not continue every year up to the speech.
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Partly supported60% confidence
“And they're selling off reservoirs while we're facing a drought.”
Claim checkedWater companies are selling off reservoirs while England is in drought.
England was in drought in summer 2026: by August, 71% of England had drought status after the driest July on record. Reports from August 2022, based on GMB union research, said water companies sold 35 former reservoirs in five years, many of them disused. No source found reports reservoir sales during the 2025-2026 drought.
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Partly supported65% confidence
“And how much have they invested? Less than nothing.”
Claim checkedSince privatisation, shareholders of the water and sewerage companies have invested less than nothing in them.
A University of Greenwich (PSIRU) study from May 2024 found that shareholder equity in the 10 English and Welsh water and sewerage companies fell by about £5.5bn in real terms from 1990 to 2023, and that shareholders took out a net £85bn. That supports the claim if 'invested' means shareholders' own money. But Water UK, using Ofwat data, reports more than £236bn of capital investment by the companies from 1989-90 to 2023-24, funded mainly through bills and debt.
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“the promises that Andy [Burnham] made to bring water not under some vague handwaving public control but into full public ownership”
Claim checkedAndy Burnham promised to bring water into full public ownership, not just vaguer public control.
In June 2026, while campaigning in Makerfield, Burnham said there was 'a very strong case for public ownership' of Thames Water and was reported as pledging to nationalise it. He also said he would not push for immediate full renationalisation, and his wider plans were described as greater 'public control' of utilities. On 29 September 2026 Burnham said the government would repeal the ban on public ownership of water companies, which opens the door to public ownership but does not commit to full public ownership of the industry.
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“it was written by the joint intelligence committee that's made up of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.”
Claim checkedThe government's withheld report on nature loss and national security was written by the Joint Intelligence Committee, which is made up of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.
Reports from January 2026 say the assessment was put together with the Joint Intelligence Committee, but other reports describe it as led by Defra with input from across government, and the published version names only Defra and 'analysts and experts across HM Government'. The heads of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ sit on the JIC, but so do the JIC chair, the National Security Adviser and senior officials from several departments, so the committee is not made up only of the three agencies.
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“There's another one from 2024 uncovered by investigative journalists at the Times. This one said that Britain's food and water supply are almost certain to be on a decline and collapse trajectory and our food security is at risk of catastrophic failure.”
Claim checkedA 2024 government report, revealed by The Times, found Britain's food and water supply almost certain to be on a decline and collapse trajectory, with food security at risk of catastrophic failure.
On 24 March 2026 The Times reported on a 2024 assessment by Defra's Futures team, 'The status of Defra's critical systems to 2030 and beyond'. It found food, water and natural ecosystems 'almost certain' to be on a 'decline and collapse trajectory', with 'a realistic possibility' that by 2030 they could be 'at strategic risk of catastrophic failure'.
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Partly supported70% confidence
“A 12% reduction in GDP by 2030 if nature loss continues.”
Claim checkedContinued nature loss would reduce UK GDP by 12% by 2030.
The Green Finance Institute's report of April 2024 estimated that nature degradation could leave UK GDP 6% to 12% lower than otherwise 'by the 2030s'. The 12% figure applies to a scenario that includes an antimicrobial-resistance pandemic, and the other scenarios give 6%. The claim gives the top figure only and says 'by 2030' rather than 'by the 2030s'.
Pending“It said this, and I quote, "Without significant increases in the UK food system and supply chain resilience, it is unlikely the UK would be able to maintain food security if ecosystem collapse drives geopolitical competition for food."”Greens leader Zack Polanski gives speech at summit, 9 Sep 2026