Tory leadership race: Truss and Sunak step up their net zero and nature rhetoric - but will the next PM deliver?

Michael Holder
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Britain's new PM is set to be announced on 5 September | Credit: iStock
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Britain's new PM is set to be announced on 5 September | Credit: iStock

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss seek to burnish green policy credentials as Tory leadership contest edges towards final fortnight – but beyond the rhetoric, how much more have we learned?

With just over a fortnight to go until Britain's next Prime Minister is announced, the two candidates vying to take over the reins in Downing Street have sought to burnish their green credentials and assert...

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