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Despite his rowing back on climate pledges, Rishi Sunak claims that his Government can somehow still hit its legally binding net zero target, so we have asked it to show its working.

Good Law Project and the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) have forced the Scottish Government to accept it has breached climate commitments and to start “urgent work” on a “remedy”.

Rishi Sunak’s shameful rowing back on key climate pledges shows why the legal challenge we are bringing with Friends of the Earth and ClientEarth is more important than ever. We are holding the Government to account to ensure their plans to reduce emissions are effective and transparent.

Frank Hester, who gave the Conservatives £5m, continues to rake in £800,000 a week.

Attorney General’s Office claims that a case against Trudi Warner, who could face up to two years in prison for reminding jurors of their rights, is ‘in the public interest’.

Research from Good Law Project shows that Keir Starmer would have plenty of room to renegotiate Boris Johnson’s disastrous EU deal in 2025.

We are disappointed that the High Court has today ruled in the Government’s favour on the rump of our challenge to its Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan, which allows water companies to continue to dump sewage until 2050 and beyond.

The Electoral Commission says that voter ID rules will impact people with lower incomes, with disabilities and from minority ethnic backgrounds. But the Government says its reforms are ‘very encouraging’.

Good Law Project has been challenging the Government over the industrial scale of sewage dumping by water companies. Now the Office for Environmental Protection says there may have been ‘misinterpretations’ of the law.      

The Scottish Government hasn’t published an assessment of its investment plan’s climate impacts. We’re taking action to make them come clean.

Cross-party group says election officials took action that was ‘clearly discriminatory’, and calls for more forms of ID to be accepted

The Government refused to publish the risks facing its plan to reach net zero. Now the High Court will hear our case to force them to disclose the data.

“We’ll never end violence against women if we are not allowed to speak about it.” – Nina Cresswell

Good Law Project is supporting Coal Action Network to end the illegal coal mining operation at Ffos-y-Fran in Wales.

Trudi Warner held up a sign reminding jurors they could decide a verdict according to their conscience and now could face up to two years in prison. We’re helping her fight back.

Evidence of a lack of transparency in Boris Johnson’s Government just continues, way after he’s departed. The latest revelation is that the MP Theresa Villiers, who held the post of Environment Secretary, did so while having shares in the oil and gas giant, Shell. And this fact has only just come to light.