Many environmental regulations based on EU law, Institute of European Environmental Policy warns.

Environment Secretary George Eustice sought to reassure campaigners, but fears Government will let green standards slide remain.

UK preparing to lift tariffs on palm oil from Malaysia as price for joining CPTPP trade agreement. / Britain is preparing to sign off on a post-Brexit trade deal that campaigners say will encourage further destruction of nature, threaten the habitat of orangutans in Malaysia and make a mockery of the government’s claims of being committed to tackling deforestation abroad.

Rhetoric that government will develop gold standard fisheries is ‘a joke’, campaigners say.

Fisheries bill amendments on sustainable quotas and banning of supertrawlers defeated.

Activists file formal complaint alleging government has breached international law in signing deal.