Labour confirms manifesto commitment to decarbonisation target

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Shadow energy minister Tom Greatrex confirms that decarbonisation target for 2030 "will be in Labour's manifesto for the next general election"

Labour may be carefully avoiding setting out too many firm policy positions two years out from a general election, but yesterday the opposition made a major manifesto commitment towards the green economy,...

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