The Environment Act: What have we been waiting for?

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There are a number of areas of the government's flagship post-Brexit environmental legislation passed this week which remain unclear, explains Ramboll's Martin Broderick

After an extremely protracted path through Parliament, primarily as a result of Covid-19, this week finally saw the Environment Act receive royal assent. The Act was first read in January 2020, and...

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