Ministers' failure to act on plastic bag pledge condemned by campaigners

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Environment minister Richard Benyon promised the government would make a decision in 2012 on a bag charge in England

The government has failed to act on a promise to tackle the waste caused by the billions of plastic bags sold every year in England, with ministers accused by campaigners of "kicking the issue into the...

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