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Government bid to delay plan until end of June rejected, as court sets new deadline of 4pm on May 9th

Members of cross-party Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee say delay to air quality strategy is "unacceptable" and call for urgent action to tackle the problem

Court to conduct a hearing on Thursday over government's application for a deadline extension for its air quality plan

Andrea Leadsom yesterday insisted the government regards action on air pollution as a priority, but that is hard to tally with yet another delay to its flagship air quality plan

Andrea Leadsom insists "short delay" is necessary due to election rules, but claims air quality is still a "top priority" for the government

Urgent Question granted in the Commons to quiz government on latest controversial delaying tactic

Defra applies for deadline extension that would enable it to publish air quality plan after the General Election

Version of long-awaited plan is leaked to the BBC, leaving environmental campaigners underwhelmed

Government sets out raft of measures designed to help cut estimated £800m in annual clean-up costs

Environmental law firm sets out four key conditions it says the UK's imminent plan for dealing with air pollution must meet