Green Tories Zac Goldsmith and Simon Clarke join ministerial line-up

Madeleine Cuff
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Clarke will serve as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and Goldsmith will work across Defra and DFID as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Two leading Conservative campaigners for bolder action on the environment and climate change were awarded jobs in Prime Minister Johnson's administration over the weekend, in a move many campaigners will...

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