Which MP is the Cabinet's solar champion?

Will Nichols
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Friends of the Earth compiles rankings of the sunniest Cabinet Ministers - and it's not good news for Ed Davey

Ed Davey is mired in the relegation zone of a new, annual league table ranking 32 cabinet members on the number of solar installations in their constituency. The table, complied by Friends of the Earth...

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