Green boost for Liberal Democrats

8.12.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Tue 25th Sep 2007

Liberal Democrats from Bognor Regis and Littlehampton have welcomed the results of an audit of policies of the three main political parties that shows Menzies Campbell's party as the best for the environment.

The audit was carried out by a group of major environmental organisations, including Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, the National Trust, the RSPB, the Woodland Trust and WWF-UK.

It awarded the parties "green lights" according to how green their policies were. The Conservatives scored zero, Labour one and the Liberal Democrats three.

Speaking at a meeting of Liberal Democrat members about the party conference in Brighton, Simon McDougall said the verdict of the green groups was a great boost for the party.

"This audit has confirmed what we have been saying in Arun for many years," said Simon McDougall. "Liberal Democrats are leading the battle of ideas for protecting the environment and cutting the pollution people cause".