Lib Dems' "Green Manifesto" aims to provide "backbone" to 2015 pitch to voters

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Tim Farron promises "wholehearted support" for push to include green policies at heart of Party's 2015 election manifesto

A group of Liberal Democrat MPs and activists will today publish a new Green Manifesto that could play a critical role in the development of the party's election manifesto for 2015. The Green Manifesto,...

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