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Labour has called for an investigation into a Cambridgeshire MP’s possible involvement in the government’s decision to pause granting permits for new waste incinerators. Environment Secretary Steve Barclay has faced questions over his department’s directive to the Environment Agency to temporarily stop issuing environmental permits for waste incinerators as it’ll affect controversial plans in Wisbech, in his North West Cambridgeshire constituency. Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), Shadow Environment Secretary Steve Reed said he has “concerns” that Mr Barclay “may have b…