Has the New Year axing of EU-derived rules left the UK with gaps in environmental protection?

Michael Holder
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Has the New Year axing of EU-derived rules left the UK with gaps in environmental protection?

The start of the year saw the lapsing of scores of environmental rules, and green groups remain concerned that protections have been weakened in key areas

Concerns are mounting that gaps have opened-up in the UK's environmental protection regime after hundreds of green laws covering areas such as air quality, habitats, and rivers were wiped from the statute...

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