The green quango cull - at a glance

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The Cabinet Office has today released the list of quangos that will be axed and repreived - here we summarise those changes likely to impact green businesses

Department of Energy and Climate Change quangos Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technologies No longer an NDPB - This body was abolished (body and function) in July 2010 Civil Nuclear...

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