'An act of economic self-sabotage': Green groups urge Tories to reconsider pledge to scrap Climate Change Act

James Murray
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Kemi Badenoch / Credit: Edward Massey - CCHQ
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Kemi Badenoch / Credit: Edward Massey - CCHQ

EXCLUSIVE: Coalition of charities, including National Trust, WWF, and the RSPB, call on Kemi Badenoch to "reflect on the Conservative Party's proud record of environmental leadership"

A coalition of the UK's leading green groups has written to Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch, urging her to reconsider the controversial pledge to scrap the UK's Climate Change Act (CCA). The letter,...

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