Office for Environmental Protection

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

But green groups and government watchdog the OEP warn environmental protections still under threat under government’s controversial Retained EU Law Bill

National Audit Office becomes latest body to warn of risks to natural environment due to lack of effective oversight for green regulations in England

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

From farming subsidy reform to the role of private investors, the government's new Environment Improvement Plan has significant implications for the green economy

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

WWF and ClientEarth lodge complaint with the Office for Environmental Protection over Environment Agency's failure to impose sanctions on farmers who breach pollution laws