The CCC has just tasked Labour with the ultimate repair job

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer prepares for the King's Speech / Credit: Number 10 Flickr account
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer prepares for the King's Speech / Credit: Number 10 Flickr account

The latest CCC progress report lays bare the scale of the climate policy failures over the past two years, and the daunting task ahead if net zero targets are to be met

The civil service got itself into a spot of bother this week for daring to describe the mini-budget from Liz Truss that triggered something of a disaster, as the "disastrous Liz Truss mini-budget". Cue...

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