Boris Johnson: A 'vibrant free market' will spur green growth

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Tory leadership frontrunner becames latest candidate to make case for bolder climate action, arguing private sector can make the UK the world's 'cleanest, greenest economy'

Britain should harness market forces to kickstart the innovation required to make the country a world-leading low-carbon economy, Boris Johnson, the frontrunner in the Conservative leadership race, declared...

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