Boris Johnson hints at opportunity to dilute environmental standards post-Brexit

James Murray
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Foreign Secretary insists any Brexit deal must provide UK with the freedom to change environmental rules, energy efficiency standards, and energy taxes if it wants to

Boris Johnson has given one of the clearest indications yet that the government could seek to water down environmental standards post-Brexit, insisting that one of the main benefits of leaving the EU will...

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