MPs vote against introducing WHO PM2.5 guideline to Environment Bill
MPs on Tuesday (March 17) voted against adding an amendment to the Environment Bill that would enshrine the World Health…
Legislation
Budget 2020: end for red diesel tax ‘loophole’ and roads spending bonanza
In today’s Budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak included several measures that will impact on the nation’s air quality, including a £27bn…
Councils and air quality: a legal perspective
From housing to schools, local authorities have air quality pressures on various fronts. Geldards LLP partner Tiffany Cloynes, and senior…
Environment Bill returns to Parliament
The long-awaited Environment Bill has been re-introduced to Parliament, which the government says sets a ‘gold standard’ for air quality….
Campaigners asking government to strengthen air quality aspects of Environment Bill
Friends of the Earth is calling on the government to ‘significantly strengthen’ its Environment Bill, which is expected to be…
Greater Manchester misses clean air deadline blaming government uncertainty
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has missed its deadline to submit a plan to tackle air pollution in the region,…
UK citizens legal right to clean air could be ‘cast aside’ after Brexit
A change to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill means that UK citizens legal right to breathe clean air could be ‘cast…
Council officer handed suspended jail term for falsifying air quality data
A former council officer at Waverley Borough Council has been given a suspended prison sentence for submitting false air quality…
