Will Tory leadership campaign revive 'a conservative environmentalist vision'?

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Outgoing Conservative party leader Rishi Sunak and prospective successor Kemi Badenoch  / Credit: HM Treasury
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Outgoing Conservative party leader Rishi Sunak and prospective successor Kemi Badenoch / Credit: HM Treasury

Conservative Environment Network and former Party leaders urge leadership candidates to put market-led green policies at heart of efforts to rebuild the party

Where next for the Conservatives? As the party looks to rebuild following its worst electoral performance in a century and a lengthy leadership election gets underway, there is little in the way of a consensus...

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