Gove 'prepared to make concessions' on Brexit environment controls

Environment secretary suggests he is ready to accept 'constructive' alternative after Lords defeatMichael Gove has won a significant victory over the Treasury after the chancellor, Philip Hammond, had blocked his plans for replacing EU environmental protections after Brexit.In a demonstration of the government's readiness to make concessions to get the EU withdrawal bill on the statute book before the summit at the end of June, the environment secretary has indicated he intends to make concessions on environmental protection after a crushing defeat in the Lords. Continue reading...