Government seeks to postpone air quality plan until after election

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

The government has asked the High Court for a last minute deadline extension that would allow it to publish a draft version of its hotly-anticipated UK air quality plan after the upcoming general election...

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