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High Court reject Brexit impact bid
AN ATTEMPT to force the government to publish Brexit impact studies was rejected by the High Court yesterday.
The Good Law Project (GLP) and Green MEP Molly Scott Cato sought a judicial review of a refusal to disclose documents on the likely effect of Brexit.
The Department for Exiting the European Union and the Treasury refused, saying that they could be obtained via the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act.
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