‘No deal’ Brexit would leave UK without environmental watchdog for two years

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Environment, energy and health among areas where nation could be caught short, thinktank warns

The UK government looks set to run out of time to ensure key legislation on the environment, energy and health is implemented if there’s no deal when the country leaves the EU, in just over six weeks. In its stark assessment of preparedness, the Institute for Government thinktank says that the UK will not have an environment watchdog to replace EU oversight until 2021 at the earliest.