UK faces legal challenge over 'appalling' lack of post-Brexit trade deal scrutiny

Michael Holder
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WWF, Greenpeace, Trade Justice Movement, and Tenant Farmers Association among groups claiming government has breached international Aarhus Convention

The UK government has been accused of breaking international environmental law by failing to give the public a say over its post-Brexit trade deals, with a coalition of farming, trade, and conservation...

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