What a 'no deal' Brexit could mean for the environment

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Shaun Spiers, executive director of Green Alliance, argues the environmental consequences of a 'no deal' Brexit would be severe

Should we worry that the UK will crash out of the EU without a deal and in an atmosphere of acrimony and ill will? That was the question I recently asked Sir Ivan Rogers at his inaugural Henry Plumb Lecture...

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