Leading Conservative MPs launch pre-election push for bolder green agenda

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Former Ministers Alok Sharma, Simon Clarke, and Chris Grayling among 23 leading Tory figures to join new Conservative Environment Network advisory council

Former cabinet ministers Alok Sharma, Simon Clarke, and Chris Grayling are among almost two dozen senior Tories who have joined a new advisory group that will call on the UK government to embrace bolder...

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