Conservatives to lose green champion as Laura Sandys stands down

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Thanet South MP and PPS to Climate Change Minister Greg Barker announces she will not stand for re-election in 2015

Laura Sandys, a leading green voice in the Conservative party, is to stand down as an MP in 2015. The Thanet South MP announced this morning that she would not be standing for re-election after taking...

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