Ed Balls slams government's 'energy policy crisis'

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Shadow Chancellor warns continued confusion over low-carbon energy policy risks 'massive' missed opportunity for UK

Ed Balls has launched one of his most vocal attacks to date on the government's energy policy, arguing that billions of pounds of green investment and tens of thousands of jobs are being put at risk because...

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