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Today sees the start of court
proceedings challenging the government's controversial decision to give the go
ahead to a third runway at Heathrow.
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Posted by bex — 6 July 2007 at 4:06pm
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"We have made the decision to continue with nuclear power."
With those ten words, Gordon Brown managed to break the law, sabotage an ongoing public consultation and do a U-turn on his promise to listen to the people - all during his first Prime Minister's Question Time.
As head of government, Brown's meant to be abiding by a high court ruling that says the government can't legally make a decision on whether to build new nuclear power stations before a proper public consultation has been carried out.
The last consultation, said Justice Sullivan, was "seriously flawed"; the process was "manifestly inadequate and unfair" because insufficient information had been made available by the government for consultees to make an "intelligent response".
It now looks like this consultation is as much of a sham as the last one; the government seems to have already made up its mind on nukes, before the consultation's even really underway.
Here's a pdf of the letter our lawyers sent Brown this morning.
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NEW PRIME MINISTER Gordon Brown acted unlawfully during his first appearance at the despatch box for Prime Minister's Questions, according to lawyers acting for Greenpeace.
Following a High Court decision earlier this year, no government decision to support new nuclear power stations can lawfully be made before a public consultation has been carried out. However, during PMQs on Wednesday, Gordon Brown ignored the Court's ruling and sabotaged the ongoing consultation by stating that: "We have made the decision to continue with nuclear power."
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The government's decision to back a new fleet of nuclear power stations was today declared to be unlawful in the High Court.
The government will have to conduct a new, fuller review if they want to justify the future of nuclear power in the UK.
Posted by jamie — 15 February 2007 at 9:00am
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In a major blow to the government's plans to reinvigorate nuclear power in the UK, the High Court has ruled their decision to back a programme of new nuclear power stations was unlawful.
