Boris Johnson: Zero carbon dude or Captain Mainwaring?

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Slashing emissions from the UK's building stock should be top of the Prime Minister's agenda, and a relatively straight forward policy win, argues UKGBC's Jenny Holland

So the waiting is over - Boris Johnson is now installed as Prime Minister and has sent a record number of ex-cabinet ministers trooping forlornly to the backbenches. For us campaigners it will mean getting...

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