Does the row over EU courts leave green laws in a tangle?

Michael Holder
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The government has set out its negotiating stance on jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU post-Brexit, but many uncertainties remain on green laws and standards

As the government gradually lays out its Brexit negotiating hand ahead of the latest round of talks with EU counterparts in Brussels next week, the barrage of questions about exactly how green protections...

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