Environmental campaigners angry as green laws labelled as red tape
All of Britain's 278 environment laws under review, including National Park, Clean Air and Climate Change Acts
Environmental campaigners have condemned the coalition's inclusion of all of Britain's 278 environmental laws in a list of "red tape" regulations considered by the public for the axe. The Wildlife and...
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