Earth First! Action Update
Archive of the Earth First! Action Update – the newsletter of the UK EF! network 1991-2012
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The Budget

77 road schemes have been scrapped in the Budget (November 28th) and 100 have been 'deprioritised'. Many controversial schemes which have been fought for years have gone! This means that only 5 Department of Transport funded roads are planned for the next financial year. 3 of these are already experiencing major direct action campaigns (Newbury, M11 and M66). Anyone for the A40 and A13? A worrying trend is the announcement of 5 more privately funded (Cars Mean Cash) roads, set for 97/98.