'Energy is growth': Kemi Badenoch touts plans for all-of-the-above energy strategy

Michael Holder
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Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch / Photo by Edward Massey - CCHQ
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Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch / Photo by Edward Massey - CCHQ

Conservative Party leader vows to back renewables, nuclear, and fossil fuel drilling, as she sets out vision for wave of tax cuts and bonfire of planning and environmental regulations

Kemi Badenoch has today set out plans for an all-of-the-above energy strategy, which would see a Conservative government support the roll out of new renewables, nuclear, and oil and gas projects in a bid...

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