Following the update, the government must for the first time bed in the Environmental Principles Policy Statement when assessing the costs, benefits and risks of its policies and programmes across Whitehall. 

On this week’s ECO Chamber, special guest Ellie Strike from the Office for Environmental Protection, joins host James Agyepong-Parsons and ENDS Report news editor Pippa Neill, to discuss the impacts of the move. 

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Plus, the team discusses why a Welsh council is buying up flood-hit homes, the beavers taking up residence in the south-west of England, Scotland’s Ecocide Bill, and DEFRA’s plea to the OEP to be more innovative… 

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