'This is about economic stability as much as climate ambition': Business leaders welcome King's Speech

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer depart 10 Downing Street to attend the King's Speech - Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer depart 10 Downing Street to attend the King's Speech - Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street

Business groups and campaigners broadly welcome plans for new Energy Independence Bill, but activists lament limited action on nature recovery

This morning's King's Speech may have failed to dampen speculation about Keir Starmer's leadership, but plans for a new Energy Independence Bill and a wider legislative package designed to accelerate the...

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