OEP

Office of Environmental Protection identifies 'possible failures to comply with environmental law in relation to regulatory oversight of untreated sewage discharges'

Environment Secretary insists 'no loss of environmental outcomes' from ditching water pollution requirements for housebuilders, but OEP maintains proposals amount to 'clear regression'

Government responds to criticism from the Office of Environmental Protection over failure to complete post-implementation reviews of green laws

Office for Environmental Protection warns Defra, BEIS, and other departments have not been completing legal-required reviews to assess effectiveness of green laws

Office for Environmental Protection delivers damning verdict on a litany of government failings, as it demands urgent action to halt the decline of England's natural world

National Trust, RSPB, and ZSL among coalition of groups backing complaint to the Office of Environmental Protection over government’s failure to set new set of legal green targets

Calls grow for a rethink of the controversial Retained EU Law Bill, amid concerns over threat to worker, consumer, and environmental protections

Government department publishes sobering assessment of lack progress to date against objectives of 25 Year Environment Plan

OEP warns several legally-binding nature restoration goals proposed by government 'lack sufficient urgency'

Long-awaited publication of government's environmental principles for policymaking triggers warnings from NGOs that green protections could now be watered down