Article 42RBY UK government's air pollution strategy 'a shambolic mess'

UK government's air pollution strategy 'a shambolic mess'

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Matthew Taylor
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Environmental lawyers say reliance on local authorities to take action is not working

The government's plan to tackle air pollution in some of the worst affected cities in the UK is unravelling into a "shambolic and piecemeal mess", according to environmental lawyers.

ClientEarth, which has successfully defeated the government three times in court, said the emphasis on local authorities taking action was backfiring with no joined-up strategy, delays and poorly researched proposals.

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