New watchdog to protect environment after Brexit, Gove says

Independent body will be backed by law requiring ministers to 'have regard to' core principlesA new environmental watchdog to maintain standards and hold ministers to account is to be set up under plans for a green Brexit, the government has announced. Environmental measures from improving air and water quality and protecting endangered species are currently overseen by the European commission and underpinned by green principles across the EU, such as "the polluter pays". Continue reading...