Delay Brexit to save environment, green charities urge PM

Government has failed to live up to its protection standards promise, say green organisations

Five leading green organisations have called on Theresa May to delay Brexit to avoid losing environmental protections created by "decades of campaigning".

Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace UK, Green Alliance, E3G and ChemTrust have said the prime minister should try to extend article 50 because the government has failed to live up to its promise that existing environmental standards would be maintained or even enhanced.