- Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:50 am
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Man with extremely punchable face thinks England's waterways aren't polluted enough - and guess who's paying
Michael Gove defends plans to weaken water pollution protections as he rips up rules on housebuilding– UK politics live
Government says scrapping EU-era protections on nutrient neutrality will allow for an additional 100,000 homes
Government defends plans to scrap EU-era environmental protections
Scrapping EU-era environmental protections on nutrient neutrality will allow for an additional 100,000 homes to be built in England by 2030, the government has claimed.
Environmental campaigners have criticised the planned change, but the government says housing developments contribute only a small fraction of nutrient pollution and new funding is being provided to mitigate any associated increase. The changes will see the financial burden to mitigate nutrient pollution for new housing shifted from developers to taxpayers, PA Media reports.
The government says it intends to work with the house building industry to ensure that larger developers make what it describes as an appropriate and fair contribution to the scheme over the coming years. No detail on that has been announced, but the government said it is discussing how to do so with the Home Builders Federation...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/li ... itics-live
It might only be the Imperial Service Medal, but I've got a gong. What's Paul Dacre got?