Exclusive: Documents show warnings that changes would weaken environmental protections were ignored
Ministers have been accused of “misleading the public” after documents obtained by Ends Report and the Guardian revealed they ignored their officials’ advice when scrapping key air quality regulations.
On 31 December, two key air quality regulations will drop off the statute book under the Retained EU Law (REUL) Act.
. Revoke the NAPCP with no replacement, with the environment improvement plan (EIP) becoming the alternative process
2. Revoke the NAPCP provisions and introduce a new process for assessing policy options, with a new process triggered by a failure or potential failure to achieve a target
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