Confirmation: DBEIS to drive 'whole-economy approach' to tackling climate change
Explanatory note states merger of BIS and DECC 'will enable a whole-economy approach to delivering our climate change ambitions', but experts fear new department could embrace outdated approach to economic growth
The government has offered the clearest signal yet that the merger of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Department of Business, Innovation, and Skills (BIS) is intended to strengthen...
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