How can the UK encourage greener, cheaper energy behaviours this winter?

Michael Holder
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Consumer behaviour change must carry almost a third of the weight of delivering net zero - and there are plenty of policy options at the next PM's disposal, argues think tank Onward

Whoever takes on the mantle of leading Britain through what promises to be an extremely difficult winter faces a baptism of fire next month, and it is not a fire to warm the cockles: energy bills, food...

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