?'The hypocrisy is staggering': will swift bricks fall prey to government fears of Reform?

Campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor fears goal of requiring all new homes to include a hollow brick to help endangered cavity-nesting birds may be droppedOn more than 50 occasions over the past three years, Hannah Bourne-Taylor has lugged an oversized brick through the parliament's security screening.Security staff know her fondly as "the swift brick lady". But now Bourne-Taylor is having to ruffle political feathers over what appears the simplest of nature-friendly measures - a small legal clause requiring all new dwellings to include a ?35 hollow brick, providing homes for endangered cavity-nesting birds including swifts, house martins, sparrows and starlings. Continue reading...