How do you solve a problem like the Treasury?

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David Powell from the New Economics Foundation argues the UK won't have a green economy until it has a green Treasury

Last week the influential Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) had a right old pop at the Treasury. About time: anyone who knows anything about trying to get stuff done in government knows if the Treasury...

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