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Ben Webster

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Environment Journalist of the Year, 2024, UK Press Awards. Stories in openDemocracy, Guardian/Observer, The Times, Daily Mail. bwebster135@gmail.com
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Ben Webster @bwebster135
The weak business case for Hampshire County Council’s hugely damaging A326 expansion scheme just got even weaker. But it’s refusing to pull the plug and rejecting sustainable alternatives, like restoring funding for the axed Hythe ferry.

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transportactionnetwork.org.uk DfT, pull the plug on the A326 scheme The Department for Transport (DfT) is currently considering whether to grant provisional funding for a controversial Hampshire County Council (HCC) road project in the New Forest. However, with a...
Ben Webster @bwebster135
The government claimed in court today it would deliver a knock out blow to my claim that it is breaching its environmental information proactive publication duty. The judge rejected that argument and decided my concerns deserve to be heard at a full judicial review hearing.
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Ben Webster @bwebster135
Delighted to report we won permission today at the High Court for a full judicial review hearing into my claim that the government is breaching its duty to proactively publish important environmental information. crowdjustice.com/case/governmen…
www.crowdjustice.com Government must stop hiding the inconvenient truth on our environment I am an environmental campaigner and formerly an award-winning environment correspondent. I'm bringing this case to win greater transparency on vital environmental issues.
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Ben Webster @bwebster135
I’m so grateful to the 300 people who have donated to my crowdfunder seeking to force ministers to publish the inconvenient truth on climate, wildlife and river pollution. Judicial Review permission hearing at the High Court this afternoon. crowdjustice.com/case/governmen…
www.crowdjustice.com Government must stop hiding the inconvenient truth on our environment I am an environmental campaigner and formerly an award-winning environment correspondent. I'm bringing this case to win greater transparency on vital environmental issues.
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