'Government by gimmick': The green economy reacts to the King's Speech

Cecilia Keating
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'Government by gimmick': The green economy reacts to the King's Speech

BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction from business leaders, campaigners, and energy and climate experts to the government's new legislative agenda

This morning King Charles III set out the government's legislative agenda for the year ahead, as he officially opened Parliament for the first time since becoming monarch. The King's address set out...

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