It could have been worse, but Osborne's green cuts still raise alarm bells

James S Murray
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Every department will be pleading it is a special case, but if Cameron is serious about leading the "greenest government" ever, then spending on environmental programmes must be protected

I suppose we should be grateful for small mercies. Given the scale of the cuts handed out to other departments, the £85m in savings that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) will have to...

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