New dredging tax rule to destroy goals it aims to achieve

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The UK waterways industry says axing a dredging tax exemption will increase emissions, stall clean-ups and directly contradict environmental ambitions.

It could also sound the death knell for new port infrastructure that will be vital for the country’s ambitions to scale up offshore wind.

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