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Government complacency risks damaging UK environment, peers warn in Brexit paper

Madeleine Cuff
Madeleine Cuff
clock 14 February 2017 •
Government complacency risks damaging UK environment, peers warn in Brexit paper

House of Lords committee warns additional enforcement mechanisms must be put in place after Britain leaves the EU to ensure UK environmental standards are upheld

The government is showing "worrying complacency" over the lack of any domestic enforcement mechanisms to ensure environmental laws are upheld after Britain leaves the EU, peers have warned today. Under...

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