Therese Coffey

Some even dared to dream that Michael Gove, the architect of a lot of the post-Brexit environmental legislation which was under threat by Liz Truss, may make a ...

Coffey will not be likely to take a hard line on the carbon emissions from meat, if her previous tweets are anything to go by. In particular, as a minister in Theresa May’s government, she understood the importance of the circular economy, a policy area that has stalled since then.” Our nature strategy in harmony with and a great catalyst for our climate change strategy will help us both achieve net zero and save our planet.” Some of the greener Tories are hopeful she may prove a good influence. Some even dared to dream that Michael Gove, the architect of a lot of the post-Brexit environmental legislation which was under threat by Liz Truss, may make a return. Shaun Spiers, chief executive of environmental thinktank Green Alliance, said: “Thérèse Coffey has experience at Defra, working with Michael Gove when there was a strong push to show that Britain could be greener outside the EU than as a member state.