Lib Dems vow to create DECC super-department

James S Murray
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Simon Hughes proposes to drive climate policy across government by integrating three other Whitehall departments into DECC

The Liberal Democrats have revealed that if elected, they are planning a major Whitehall reshuffle that would turn the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) into one of the government's largest...

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