Office for Environmental Protection

'Defining moment': UK's post-Brexit green watchdog comes into full force

Policy

'Defining moment': UK's post-Brexit green watchdog comes into full force

Green Alliance celebrates launch of Office for Enviornment Protection, arguing body must be 'proactive and fearless' in enforcing environmental regulations

clock 25 January 2022 • 3 min read
Environment Act: Office for Environmental Protection officially launched

Politics

Environment Act: Office for Environmental Protection officially launched

The Environment Act 2021 provides for the establishment of an independent public body to oversee the government’s environmental actions

clock 18 November 2021 • 2 min read
'Momentous day': Environment Bill finally becomes law, but green groups warn of 'gaping holes' in UK legislation

Legislation

'Momentous day': Environment Bill finally becomes law, but green groups warn of 'gaping holes' in UK legislation

Legislation finally secures Lords' approval but Greener UK warns 'gaping holes' in environmental protections remain

clock 09 November 2021 • 6 min read
Environment Bill: Government backs amendments to 'halt decline in species abundance by 2030'

Legislation

Environment Bill: Government backs amendments to 'halt decline in species abundance by 2030'

Defra confirms wave of amendments designed to strengthen biodiversity targets, curb water pollution, and safeguard independence of Office of Environment Protection

clock 27 August 2021 • 4 min read

Legislation

'Not yet fit for purpose': Interim Office for Environmental Protection launches, but fears remain over post-Brexit plans

New watchdog officially launches ahead of final approval for Environment Bill, but campaigners warn enforcement agency needs greater independence and funding

clock 01 July 2021 • 2 min read

Biodiversity

Environment Bill returns to Parliament, as calls grow for tougher deforestation measures

Cornerstone of government's post-Brexit green governance legislation on course to become law in the autumn – but concerns remain

clock 26 May 2021 • 4 min read

Policy

Could a greener post-Brexit trading policy soon take shape?

Government confirms the Interim Office for Environmental Protection is to be up and running in July, as independent advisors warn Ministers against 'race to the bottom' on food and farming standards

clock 02 March 2021 • 7 min read

Policy

'Painfully slow': MPs deliver scathing review of government's environmental progress

MPs in Public Accounts Committee have urged government to 'move on from aspirational words' and start 'taking the hard decisions'

clock 03 February 2021 • 3 min read

Politics

Dame Glenys Stacey named as preferred candidate to head Office for Environmental Protection

Environment Secretary George Eustice reveals that acting chief regulator at Ofqual is the government's leading candidate to become chair at post-Brexit green watchdog

clock 09 December 2020 • 3 min read

Policy

Deregulation drive has crippled progress towards UK's environmental goals, study argues

Water quality, air quality, nature protection, and the decarbonisation of the housing sector have all been damaged by deregulation and the erosion of enforcement capacity, according to a damning new report from Unchecked UK

clock 04 December 2020 • 4 min read
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