'Benefits of Brexit': What's in the government's post-Brexit scorecard for the environment and climate?

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'Benefits of Brexit': What's in the government's post-Brexit scorecard for the environment and climate?

The government dedicates six pages of its new report into the benefits of Brexit to net zero, climate, and environment policy - but do Ministers' boasts stand up to scrutiny?

To mark the second anniversary of the UK's departure from the EU, the government yesterday published a 100-page report detailing the 'benefits of Brexit', including a short section detailing how the UK's...

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