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Westminster today - live updates: Theresa May's landmark environment speech 'lacked urgency and detail', campaigners say | |
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Theresa May had delivered a landmark speech on the environment in which she is laid out the Government's 25-year plan for reducing waste and tackling climate change. | |
The Prime Minister pledged to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042, alongside a range of other measures, but environmental groups said he plan lacks "urgency, detail and bite". | |
Also included in the Government's strategy are a £7bn fund for "plastics innovation" and plans to encourage supermarkets to set up plastic-free aisles. | Also included in the Government's strategy are a £7bn fund for "plastics innovation" and plans to encourage supermarkets to set up plastic-free aisles. |
Elsewhere, Boris Johnson will use a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, to raise the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The British mother has been imprisoned in Iran since April 2016. | Elsewhere, Boris Johnson will use a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, to raise the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The British mother has been imprisoned in Iran since April 2016. |
And new analysis commissioned by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, shows a no deal Brexit could cost the UK economy up to £50bn. | And new analysis commissioned by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, shows a no deal Brexit could cost the UK economy up to £50bn. |