UK White Paper lacks green credentials

Proposals to fast-track major UK infrastructure projects could leave environmental concerns unaddressed.

Britons may miss out on clean water unless planning procedures are speeded up. That’s one of the core conclusions of a government White Paper on Britain’s often unwieldy planning system.

But while the government wants to shorten the planning process so that decisions on major infrastructure projects can be taken more easily, critics fear that objections to big ...

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