How Labour secured an 'historic mandate' for climate action

Cecilia Keating
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Credit: Keir Starmer, X
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Credit: Keir Starmer, X

Whichever way you slice the election results, parties that supported bold climate action have trounced those that advocated for weaker environmental policies

If this was a climate election, it was the net zero hawks wot won it. At the time of writing, parties that boldly embraced bolder climate action - Labour, the Liberal Democrats, and the Green Party-...

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