Ministers have refused to rule out scrapping EU regulations that protect swimmers and wildlife.

A bill to remove EU-derived laws that include 570 environmental regulations will cause serious ecological harm, charities and MPs have warned.

Instead of protecting the natural world, the proposed Office for Environmental Protection ‘could undermine the rule of law’, and lead to worse damage than under EU, lawyers say

Scale of aid cut emerges in leaked FCDO memo, prompting experts to describe it as ‘a national shame’

'Yet a no deal outcome would still have profound implications for the uK. as we analyse in what follows, from trade to connectivity to foreign policy to cooperation in policing, a failure to strike an agreement with the eu will impact on us in numerous ways.'

Campaigners say revoking of post-Brexit protections amounts to legislative vandalism. / Hundreds of Britain’s environmental laws covering water quality, sewage pollution, clean air, habitat protections and the use of pesticides are lined up for removal from UK law under a government bill.

One of the supposed ‘benefits’ of Brexit was the ‘bonfire of Brussels red-tape‘ which was promised by libertarian Brexiteers. Two weeks into the administration of Liz Truss, the new government announced that they were planning to revoke 570 environmental laws which, in order to continue environmental protections, were rolled over from EU law after Brexit.

Reckless cuts and the impact of Brexit have left rivers dangerously polluted.

Zac Goldsmith’s claims that Brexit could help the environment have been utterly demolished this week.

The UK is threatening health and marine life on the French coast by allowing raw sewage to be dumped in the Channel and North Sea, say three Euro MPs.

The supply chain crisis has sparked a relaxation of rules on dumping waste water.

Wastewater plants in England offered waiver because of impact of lorry driver crisis.

POWERS passed to help in dealing with the impact of Brexit are being used for the first time to ensure Scotland’s drinking water aligns with standards set by the European Union.

Waste water plants have been told they may be allowed to discharge effluent that has not been properly treated due to chemical shortages caused by Brexit and the pandemic.

IN September 2019, the UK Government made public its list of “reasonable worst case assumptions” in the wake of a no-deal Brexit.

Ministers have been forced to publish details of concerns about public disorder and disruption to medicine and fuel supplies.

A leaked "reasonable worst-case scenario" document paints a stark picture about the impact of a no-deal situation while coronavirus pandemic continues.

A review of evidence about opportunities, challenges and risks to the North East economy and its key sectors with recommendations for action.

Accusations come as PM is set to meet Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Dublin.

Supply chain disruption leading to fears of water treatment chemical shortage.

Many of Britain’s waters are Class B, meaning its molluscs are banned – but industry says it’s the system that is failing them, not the water.

The staunchly eurosceptic Daily Express has published a listicle about the “amazing things we get back if we leave EU”. / “From powerful vacuums to straight banana’s (sic), here are all the things we’ll get back if we vote out,” the paper says. / The piece has been getting widely shared online. But does it pass the FactCheck test?

Downing Street has played down the prospect of food and water shortages this winter if a no-deal Brexit coincides with a second wave of coronavirus.

Water companies in the UK have been accused of failing to monitor the amount of sewage pumped into the sea at popular beaches across the country.