'Putting British jobs in jeopardy': Reform slammed over threats to clean energy companies

James Murray
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Deputy leader Richard Tice writes to leading energy companies to put them ‘on formal notice’ that a Reform government would seek to unpick the upcoming clean power contract auction

The political battle over the future of the UK's energy industry intensified yesterday, after Reform deputy leader Richard Tice warned leading energy companies that the Party would seek to roll back renewable...

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