Interesting Private Eye view on the Forestry Commission sell-off
I don't like The Eye very much, but they seem to have got this report right at least. Plans to sell off Forestry Commission land in England are likely to cost way more than they raise, and not just in the long term. An example given is a piece of forestry sold to an investor for £60000 who then claimed £55000 *a year* in grants and subsidies. Added to this, the government makes £61 million a year from the sale of forest products, this income will be lost for a one-off payment.
Whose stupid idea is this sell off? You can only sell something once and you then lose control of it. This government is either a bunch of misguided idiots, or more likely so ideologically driven that they are prepared to see the wreckage of the countryside and environment on a point of principle.
Whose stupid idea is this sell off? You can only sell something once and you then lose control of it. This government is either a bunch of misguided idiots, or more likely so ideologically driven that they are prepared to see the wreckage of the countryside and environment on a point of principle.