Watchdog will get legal enforcement powers under amendment, but green groups say compromise still doesn't go far enough to guarantee environmental standards
Proposals for a new UK green watchdog to oversee environmental law post-Brexit now look set to include a degree of green enforcement powers, after the government agreed to back an amendment put forward...
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