Red alert: Calls grow for stronger Green Brexit governance framework

James Murray
clock • 12 min read

Greener UK says key areas at 'high risk', IEMA warns proposed framework has so many holes it looks 'like a colander', and one of the architects of the Climate Change Act calls for a fundamental re-think

All the focus in Westminster this week may be on whether or not Theresa May can scrape together the votes she needs to get her Brexit deal through Parliament, but that does not mean the vast array of issues...

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