England's rivers to remain in poor state as EU laws ignored post-Brexit, says watchdog

England’s rivers are likely to remain in a poor state for years to come because the government is failing to put in place EU clean water laws post-Brexit, the watchdog has found. When Britain was a member of the EU, the government was required to follow the water framework directive (WFD), standards for waterways that have been credited with cleaning up Europe’s dirty water. Since Brexit, the UK is no longer required to match EU regulations, and has itsown watchdog, …