Meet the new green Ministers and backbenchers

Cecilia Keating
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PM Keir Starmer hosts his first Cabinet at 10 Downing Street | Credit: Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street
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PM Keir Starmer hosts his first Cabinet at 10 Downing Street | Credit: Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street

BusinessGreen looks at the environmental records and credentials of some of Labour's new Ministers and backbenchers

Of the 412 Labour MPs that have been elected to Parliament, a not-insignificant number hail from the world of green business and clean energy, or have experience campaigning for the climate and nature....

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