Green Brexit

Prime Minister sought changes to terms of future relationship with EU that would renege on commitment to 'level playing field', reports suggest

The Prime Minister is right to say the UK has some of the most ambitious environmental legislation in the world, but as a new report reveals many of those rules are going unenforced

Unchecked campaign launches with stark warning that funding for environmental enforcement agencies has been halved since 2010

Like a husband telling a suspicious partner he'll be home on time, Boris Johnson is telling the EU the UK wants to have 'world-class' environmental standards, but it also wants the freedom to change them if it chooses

Prime Minister insists government remains committed to 'world-class' environmental standards, but insists laws and regulations to deliver them 'will potentially diverge from those of the EU'

International Trade Committee to look at how UK trade policy can drive high environmental standards and tackle climate change

Amnesty International, NUJ, Greenpeace, and others warn restrictions in remit of proposed Office for Environmental Protection 'wholly at odds with public's right to information'

Hopes for a net zero-focused Spending Review that boosts the green economy are receding, as business groups warn 'every day that goes by without clarity means more misguided investments and unseized opportunities'

As the summer of the countdown clock continues only one thing is certain for the UK's green economy - nothing is certain

The new Environment Secretary's address at the Countryfile Live festival yesterday - in full