Amber Rudd defends government's renewable policy blitz

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Rudd faces questioning from new shadow energy and climate change minister for the first time in House of Commons

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Amber Rudd was today forced to defend the government's planned changes to renewable energy subsidies, as opposition parties lined up to condemn this summer's...

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