Gove hits out at Hammond in leaked letter which blames treasury for Lords defeat

Contemporary Cabinet tensions over Brexit were uncovered in a leaked letter wherein Michael Gove hits out at Philip Hammond, blaming the Treasury for a defeat within the Home of Lords.

The Atmosphere Secretary accused the Treasury of « short-sightedness » which had resulted in an « avoidable » Lords defeat for the European Union (Withdrawal) Invoice.

Company voted to force the Authorities to defend EU environmental guidelines and requirements after Brexit, the 15th defeat suffered at some stage within the Invoice’s passage by means of the Lords.

In the letter to Cabinet colleagues, which used to be bought by The Daily Telegraph, Mr Gove pinned the blame for the defeat on the Chancellor’s department.

The newspaper reported Mr Hammond blocked plans to present a peculiar submit-Brexit environmental watchdog the energy to impose fines on the Authorities and native authorities if they fail to meet targets on boosting recycling and slicing pollution.

In the letter Mr Gove wrote: « The short-sightedness of the Treasury has now resulted in a utterly predictable and avoidable defeat on the EU Withdrawal Invoice and inflicted a harmful blow to the Authorities’s environmental credentials. »

The Authorities will face a battle to reverse the 15 defeats suffered within the Lords when the legislation returns to the Commons within the next few weeks.

The Telegraph reported Mr Gove warned that ministers would settle on to make « valuable concessions » to overturn the modification, in conjunction with giving the unusual inexperienced watchdog the energy to put off the Authorities to court docket and self-discipline fines.

He added ministers « can not hang ample money to repeat the mistakes of most up-to-date weeks and hang the Authorities’s environmental credibility additional undermined ».

A Treasury source told the newspaper: « It is clearly corrupt to blame the Treasury for this. Philip has labored intently with Michael to help the Authorities’s environmental agenda, in conjunction with on plans for a plastic kill tax. »

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