'License to kill': Government's planning reforms face fresh warnings over 'catastrophic' threat to nature

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More than 40 climate experts write to MPs as Planning and Infrastructure Bill moves towards committee stage to warn proposals could allow developers to sidestep environmental laws

The government's Planning and Infrastructure Bill is right at the heart of Labour's economic and climate strategy. With fiscal constraints limiting the ability of the Treasury to ramp up public spending...

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