Angus MacNeil: The government has to stop seeing clean energy spending as a cost, rather than an investment

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Energy and Climate Change Committee Chair opens up about Hinkley Point, thinking like an engineer, austerity economics, and Brexit risks

Angus MacNeil has had an eventful year. Since being elected as chair of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee he has had a front row seat for the government's bonfire of clean energy subsidies...

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