David Davis's ignorance: now that's what I call health and safety madness | Polly Toynbee

Austerity has already driven a coach and horses through environmental standards - and we haven't even got to the Brexit cliff edge yetAre you still reeling from yesterday's shock revelation that the government has done no Brexit impact assessments on anything - zilch, nothing? That doesn't mean the information doesn't exist, only that David Davis has gone out of his way to not ask for it.Away from Westminster, every anxious industry and professional body is scenario-planning for worst and least-worst outcomes. But it's not easy when the cabinet, in 18 long months since the referendum vote, has never discussed the destination it is hurtling towards. Continue reading...